Whitby is one of our most perfect little seaside resorts, with its historic heart tucked cosily down a deep valley on the North Yorkshire coast. It’s an ideal short getaway destination. My must-do list includes some of Britain’s best fish and chips, lashings of Gothic horror, 199 famous steps, a hotel where Lewis Carroll stayed, … Continue reading
Posts by Gareth Huw Davies
Far North city where bedtime is abolished
Newly minted with its old name St Petersburg, Prime Minister Putin’s spruced-up hometown is bidding for a place among the world’s great short-break destinations. I remember this city as black and white Leningrad. But I much prefer the remastered Technicolor version, with canals to match Amsterdam, wide boulevards on a par with Paris, and palaces… Continue reading →
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Argosy from the Orient delivers a greener future
When did an argosy laden with rare goods from distant parts last make the news in this country? You’d have to go back a long way. The city of St Petersburg may not have been quite up to the pedigree of Masefield’s Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, bearing ivory,peacocks, sandalwood and cedarwood. But it… Continue reading →
“Tea cosy houses" will cost hardly anything to heat
The writer has been a frequent contributor to the Sunday Times Home section. A housing association development in the Essex countryside, now nearing completion, will be one of the first in Britain to meet the exacting Passivhaus low energy standards. The group of 14 home, which Hastoe Housing Association is putting up on a green… Continue reading →
EasyJet to open up Jordan's ancient marvels to new visitors
EasyJet begin flying to Amman, the capital of Jordan, three times a week from London Gatwick from 27 March 2011. With the current, fast-moving state of political change in the Middle East, it’s impossible to predict what will happen to the way the country is governed by the time the first flight takes off. … Continue reading →