Can a new road any longer ‘transform your journey’? Or simply shift you faster to the next jam? But trains certainly can. —- What was the brightest and best news in travel and transport this week? Anwhere? Visitors to the World Travel Market (WTM) at the Excel Centre in East London would have being given… Continue reading
Why does National Trust back damaging Stonehenge tunnel plan?
Suppose you had a problem on or around your property. A leaking roof, an awkward neighbour, a noisy road. And someone with clout, the council perhaps, came along and said it had a scheme – at no cost to you – to make life better. Considerably better. After checking that the few obvious snags… Continue reading →
Newport Beach mixes high style with free marvel
I wrote this article in 2012. Since then, because of the climate crisis, I have decided to fly as infrequently as possible – two flights since the start of 2020. It is ridiculous to expect people to give up flying altogether. But if many people resolved to fly less, that would help. In the meantime… Continue reading →
Freiburg – city of the tram
Freiburg in Southern Germany, and the new city of Milton Keynes, 50 miles north of London, are about the same size – populations of 215,966, respectively, against 229,941 in 2022. But in terms of public transport they are worlds apart. Reduced to the essential detail of how people get about, MK, as it is widely… Continue reading →
No medals for Augusto Ramos, but London saluted a true Olympian
Ten years on from the cameo part an athlete few of us have heard of, Augusto Ramos Soares, in the London Olympics of 2012. He will not have had the equivalent of £4 million spent on him – that’s the estimated sum you need to invest in an athlete to make him or her competitive enough… Continue reading →
A rural ride to the Rothschilds’ cottage palace
So where is this? ‘Half-timbered house originating from 1606, transformed by the Rothschilds in the late 19th century, containing superb collections.’ And this? ‘.. a French Renaissance château, inspired by those in the Loire valley, built by a Rothschild in the 19th century, and filled with royal treasures and many objects with an exceptional story… Continue reading →