Inside the surprise English region named by Lonely Planet as one of the best in the world – and discovering just why it deserves the praise

by David Hibbins | Nov 11, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Cornwall? Forget it. ‘God’s own country’ – Yorkshire? Try again. The Highlands? Doesn’t cut the mustard.No, the best region right now in the UK is, according to Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2025 book – East Anglia. What’s...

Miles of joy on Mexico’s coast with the most: The discovery of another lost Mayan city makes the Yucatan Peninsula even more enticing

by David Hibbins | Nov 10, 2024 | Latest Travel News

The Mayans believed in many gods. They were also highly literate, architecturally advanced and developed a system of mathematics that included one of the earliest examples of zero.Today, in their former Yucatan heartland – and especially along the Caribbean coast near...

Fascinating historic photos show one of the UK’s ‘worst’ seaside towns in its heyday – packed with daytrippers

by David Hibbins | Nov 10, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Clacton-on-Sea was named one of the UK’s worst seaside towns in a recent Which? survey – but the town was once a leading British beach destination. The seaside resort was first created on undeveloped farmland by railway engineer Peter Bruff in 1865....

MARK PALMER: From lobster salad and ‘beef a la mode’ in the 50s to a squashed fly in my egg sarnie, how did airline food come to this?

by David Hibbins | Nov 10, 2024 | Latest Travel News

British Airways has just produced a book called Flavour Of Flight, which chronicles the food and drink served on board its planes from 1919 until the present day.It starts with an effusive foreword by its chief executive Sean Doyle. ‘We know that our in-flight...

Aussies slam major issue with the world’s second most expensive passport: ‘Such a s***tshow’

by David Hibbins | Nov 9, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Frustrated Aussie travellers have taken to social media about the persistently curling covers on their brand new expensive passports.The new R series Australian passport is now the second most expensive in the world with the cost skyrocketing to $398 after a 15 per...

I live on top of the world – in the most northern urban community on the planet: Here’s why I’m staying put, despite -30C temperatures, no trees and months of darkness every year

by David Hibbins | Nov 9, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Svalbard is one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas – and certainly isn’t for everyone.As resident Cecilia Blomdahl reveals.The Swedish author moved there from Gothenburg in 2015, because it ‘felt like a fun adventure’.There is fun, but...