Bulgaria ancient treasures, current events and great value

Anthony reports on Bulgaria and an extraordinary memorial garden created by a Queen for herself and meets up with two famous footballers…

The English seaside

Photographer Peter Williams celebrates the peculiar eccentricities and quintessential charms – from helter-skelters to lighthouses, pirates, palmists and Punch and Judy – of this cherished and rapidly changing English landscape

HM Revenue and Customs

From the website:

“HMRC’s purpose is to make sure that the money is available to fund the UK’s public services. We also help families and individuals with targeted financial support”

Estonia: Europe’s rising star, part two

Estonia has shed its reputation as a venue for stag parties and become an European mini-break destination par excellence. Anthony Lydekker takes a trip to Tartu – the country’s second largest city

What’s in a Name?

Ever been to Disneyworld in Florida? The new Harry Potter theme park? Or Universal Studios? If you had then you will have travelled to Orlando to see it. And you might have picked up a brochure or two from the local tourist board which is, or rather was, the Orlando/Orange County Convention and Visitors Bureau or something like that. No longer. It has changed its name to Visit Orlando which, you have to admit is easier on the memory and a bit more obvious for a tourist board. So in this case, the name change made sense. But tourist boards have a habit of changing their names and I can’t think that it helps a lot of the time. After all it costs money to change your letterheads, promotional material, websites not to mention business cards. And does it matter to us, the visitor?

Jetstar and Disabled Travellers

Sometimes disabled travellers get treated with less than courtesy by airlines. Many of you will remember the problems that people have had with Ryanair and their old policy of restricting the number of wheelchair passengers per flight. Then there was the high profile case of the former paralympic champion, Tanni Grey-Thompson leaving the gulf with 35 other athletes last year who were delayed due to Emirates not being prepared for such a number. Now comes a story, courtesy of “The Dominion Post” in New Zealand, of the treatment handed out to two TV presenters.

Letter from France: October 2012

Whether you’re a novice or seasoned traveller, France will steal your heart. As half-tern approaches Frederic – our French correspondent – gives us the low-down on what to see and do across the channel