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Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway. The painter, E A Hornel deserves, probably, to be better known beyond Scotland, although the fact he never married and he painted pretty little girls maybe does not fit with modern taste.

That said, he was a great traveller. Although he was born in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia, [...]

Photos by Anna Sutton and Joshua Burns
I’m in Cartagena, Columbia and it’s 31 degrees Celsius in the shade. Here I am, rising up from my banana lounge like the crab-coloured sunbather that they call Caucasian, before I take the big plunge. I have a fetish for hotel swimming pools, particularly cerulean blue ones tended [...]

The Isle of Wight is England’s largest Island, separated from the mainland by the straight of Solent. Known for its natural beauty it has been a popular tourist destination since Victorian times. Now, I know what you are thinking: the Isle of Wight hardly sounds exciting. However, I beg to differ. If a local has [...]

Photos by Simon Bracken
We do love a stopover, and better than that, we love a “two-location-in-one” stopover, so you can do most of your exploring on foot. Off we go to Penang.
Check in first to the snazzy Rasa Sayang (get them to send their driver to the airport). Then, once relaxed after a few days [...]

Airfares are through the roof this summer so for someone like me, a short car/ train ride to a get out of New York City is ideal. The Catskills is a perfect weekend retreat and staying at The Roxbury Motel (located in The Catskills) magnifies your vacation into a unique memorable experience.
The Roxbury has recently [...]

Photos by Peter Hunt
It isn’t because Adrian Brody and a Hollywood crowd are at the next table. What impresses me most about the Chateau de la Chevre d’Or, high up a mountain with a view down to the French Riviera, is that it, (or at least, the medieval castle it used to be) was a [...]

David Thompson is, in his own words, “the white boy muscling in here” – “here” being Bangkok, where this Aussie chef has become the Western world’s leading authority on Thai food. If you are visiting Bangkok, you must eat at Nahm - even if you have to stay in a backpackers’ fleapit to save the [...]