Revealed: Historic Cumbrian hall that’s home to a treasure trove of items belonging to Napoleon and Wellington set for a popularity ‘boom’ thanks to Ridley Scott’s new movie

by David Hibbins | Nov 21, 2023 | Latest Travel News

A British attraction with links to the French Revolution is expecting to boom in popularity thanks to the release of Ridley Scott’s new movie, Napoleon.Levens Hall and Gardens, in Cumbria, is home to a trove of items once belonging to both the French Emperor...

Block of flats on the outside – palace on the inside: Looks are deceptive with the Four Seasons Ritz in Lisbon… a hum-drum exterior hides a luxurious marble-smothered hotel fantasyland

by David Hibbins | Nov 20, 2023 | Latest Travel News

Think next level. Then one up from that.And that’s where Four Seasons Hotel Ritz Lisbon sits in the world of hospitality.In Lisbon, it sits a few levels up physically from the city centre, on a hillside overlooking the Parque Eduardo VII.From the outside, with...

Incredible hulks! Fascinating pictures show one of Britain’s biggest ship graveyards, containing the wrecks of vessels deliberately beached to save a river bank from collapsing

by David Hibbins | Nov 20, 2023 | Latest Travel News

Decay and ruin have had a bad press. They can be fascinating, as visitors to the Purton Ships’ Graveyard by the River Severn in Gloucestershire have attested to, with one describing the site – home to the weathered skeletons of abandoned ships...

BBC journalist vents fury on Twitter at hotel chain Premier Inn after his room was left uncleaned… and was told housekeeping visits are made by request

by David Hibbins | Nov 20, 2023 | Latest Travel News

A BBC journalist sent a furious tweet to Premier Inn, vowing that he would never use the hotel chain again after he returned to his room after a day out working to discover that it had not been cleaned.Paul Lewis, who presents Money Box on BBC Radio 4, tweeted:...

HS2 bosses are still buying up homes along the project’s northern leg more than a month after it was axed

by David Hibbins | Nov 19, 2023 | Latest Travel News

HS2 bosses are still buying scores of properties along part of the route that was axed more than a month ago.The private firm set up to deliver the high-speed rail project is pressing ahead with 201 property purchases, the Daily Mail can reveal.Internal figures show...