3 d. ago 'I'm a flight attendant – all passengers who fear turbulence should know this'

A flight attendant has shared advice to all passengers who are scared of flying due to turbulence and explained what causes it. Here's what she had to say

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9 d. ago I travelled the world solo for just £19 a day – and here is how you can backpack on a super low budget

365 days, £7k, 15 countries, and a lifetime of memories. Travel writer Lydia Swinscoe reveals how she backpacked around the globe on a seriously low budget — and how you can do it too

Economics

1 week ago Freddie Flintoff tells of heartbreaking 'biggest fear' after Top Gear crash as surgeon details 'worst injuries

The cricket star was a co-host on the BBC One motoring show and was filming when the crash unfolded

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2 w. ago ‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain

Laurie Lee and Robert Graves among ‘English-speaking Quixotes’ in new book celebrating literary love for all things SpanishAlmost 200 years ago, the pioneering British travel writer Richard Ford offered an observation that has been happily ignored by the legions of authors who have traipsed in his dusty footsteps across Spain, toting notebooks, the odd violin or Bible, and, of course, their own particular prejudices.“Nothing causes more pain to Spaniards”, Ford noted in his 1845 Handbook for Travellers in Spain, “than to see volume after volume written by foreigners about their country.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I travelled the world for a year on £19 a day, this is how I did it without working

365 days, £7k, 15 countries, and a lifetime of memories. Travel writer Lydia Swinscoe reveals how she backpacked around the globe on a seriously low budget — and how you can do it too

Economics

2 w. ago Chef Sonali Shah on the dish that is a staple at every dinner party

A ‘daunting’ career change led Sonali Shah to become a trained chef, food stylist and recipe writer who has been able to travel the world

Politics

2 w. ago Eclipse review – Tom Conti stars in intriguing but elusive tale of a mysterious death

Conti plays twin brothers, one of whom is suspected of the other’s murder, in this dreamy but frustrating fableSimon Perry’s elusive, lugubrious, faintly bizarre psychodrama from 1977, based on a novel of the same name by author and travel writer Nicholas Wollaston is now re-released; it is a dreamily directionless movie which resists, or almost resists, categorisation. It seems as if it is going to be a thriller or supernatural mystery, and you can wait almost until the final credits for some final narrative flourish or definitive plot shock that would prove what it’s all been about. And in fact there is a revelation, but it is presented so coolly that you will be expecting something else to come afterwards. An unsympathetic producer might well want to cut this film by two-thirds and present it as an episode of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, but that would be to lose the flavour and perhaps the meaning. I’m still not sure what I think about Eclipse, but it’s certainly distin...

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2 w. ago Eclipse review – Tom Conti stars in intriguing but elusive 70s tale of a mysterious death

Conti plays twin brothers, one of whom is suspected of the other’s murder, in this dreamy but frustrating fableSimon Perry’s elusive, lugubrious, faintly bizarre psychodrama from 1977, based on a novel of the same name by author and travel writer Nicholas Wollaston is now re-released; it is a dreamily directionless movie which resists, or almost resists, categorisation. It seems as if it is going to be a thriller or supernatural mystery, and you can wait almost until the final credits for some final narrative flourish or definitive plot shock that would prove what it’s all been about. And in fact there is a revelation, but it is presented so coolly that you will be expecting something else to come afterwards. An unsympathetic producer might well want to cut this film by two-thirds and present it as an episode of Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected, but that would be to lose the flavour and perhaps the meaning. I’m still not sure what I think about Eclipse, but it’s certainly distin...

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3 w. ago 'I'm a travel writer, here are 20 cheap Easter breaks from Haven, Parkdean, Sykes and more'

It's not too late to get away with these family-friendly deals

Politics

3 w. ago I'm a travel writer and this is how to get the perfect Antler holiday bag for £23

Savvy shoppers can bag a bargain on the price of an 'Essential' Antler bag that is anything but basic

Economics

last month I was a travel writer with a fear of flying — here's how I overcame it

Travel journalist Rosalyn Wikeley has been afraid of flying for as long as she can remember. After a particularly hairy incident she decided to take matters into her own hands — by flying a plane herself

Transport