Nashville is Music City – and it’s not all about country

Irene Thomas loves the vibe in Nashville and found the ‘country’ inside her at the Honky Tonks

In the footsteps of Jean Cocteau

One of the appeals of Menton on the French Riviera is the largest museum dedicated to the works of Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), a famous French artist who died fifty years ago. Frederic exolores the museum and the three towns forever linked with his work.

Irish Aviation Authority

From the website:

“The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is a commercial state-sponsored company which was established on 1 January 1994 to provide air navigation services in Irish-controlled airspace, and to regulate safety standards within the Irish civil aviation industry through…”

Sepik River: a mysterious river, tribal art and birds galore

Winding across a vast delta before ending 685 miles from its headwaters in the soaring highlands, the Sepik River was once the domain of anthropologists, naturalists, and adventure seekers. Today, an expedition up this mysterious river is for anyone wanting to explore one of the world’s last unspoiled reservoirs of nature, culture, and — most especially— tribal art, writes Patricia Schultz

The search for Yorkshire diarist & adventurer ‘Jemima’ begins

The search for the ultimate ‘Maria’ and ‘Dorothy’ may be over – now the search for Yorkshire Diarist and adventurer ‘Jemima’ begins

The Great British Breakfast

One of the pleasant features of flying first thing in the morning on the British Airways shuttle to Edinburgh, Glasgow or Manchester, (I can’t speak for the others having never flown the routes) is that they serve you a hot English breakfast. Bacon, sausage, scrambled egg, tomato and mushrooms are served along with orange juice, a roll and tea and coffee. On flights further afield on BA I’ve had the same. Before I catch the train to 7.10 Leeds from London Kings Cross, I have time to nip round the corner and get a proper breakfast from a greasy spoon. (they know how to give decent portions)
Now Visit Britain has published research showing that the rest of the world rather fancies trying a full English as well. Forget for a moment whether it should be called an English or British breakfast as there are slight changes in Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Our notion of what is breakfast is what they want to try.

The Conran Shop launches ‘Holiday Shop’

Forget the cold and check out the Conran Shop’s new holiday collection