Letter from France: May 2013

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

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

Citizens Advice

From the website:

“The Adviceguide website is the main public information service of Citizens Advice, providing people with round-the-clock access to CAB information on their rights – including benefits, housing and employment, and on debt, consumer and legal issues.”

Panama: more than a canal

Panama rarely makes the news, or even the travel pages. What is there but the famous canal? And why should you holiday there?
Did you know, for example, that there 200 islands in the Gulf of Panama that form the Las Perlas Archipelago and that they are so named because of the abundance of pearls that were found there?

Bring our beach back!

Brighton Tourism Alliance urges visitors to bring a pebble back to Brighton

Stress Stops Us Taking Holidays

It’s time for another in our series of odd surveys.This time it is one commissioned by Teletext Holidays. It suggests that people are unwilling to use all of their holiday allowance for fear they will use their jobs. Over a quarter of us fear that taking too much time off can make a person potentially [...]

Jermyn Street stages ‘The Art of Being British’

The Art of Being British: St James’s At Your Service is taking place on Jermyn Street today, Saturday September 10, from 12noon till 5pm.
The famous Mayfair Street will see some of the finest British fashion and lifestyle brands participating in a traffic free event that is packed with eccentric Britishness, unique presentations and engaging activities.

Taking [...]