[ When an opportunity landed in my lap to sublet a room in a friend of a friend’s apartment on Maui, Hawaii for a month I snapped it up. The offer came out of the blue and it was perfectly timed. The first anniversary of my dad’s death was looming, and I was filled with … Read more
[ Seattle’s Gum Wall, a vibrant and sticky mosaic located in Post Alley beneath Pike Place Market, is one of the city’s most unusual and popular landmarks. This peculiar attraction began almost by accident in the early 1990s and has since evolved into a collective art project that both fascinates and repulses visitors from around … Read more
[ Winter is the season in which thousands of Britons seek sun in the Middle East and North Africa, but travellers may be concerned by conflict in the region this time round. The military activity in response to attempts by Houthi rebels to prevent movement of international shipping in the Red Sea has led to … Read more
[ The economy grew by 0.3 per cent in November, new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. The ONS said the services sector was the main contributor to the monthly growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Services output grew by 0.4 per cent in November 2023, following a fall of 0.1 per … Read more
