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Winning tip: ebike tour of Sardinia’s west coastWe explored Sardinia’s wild west coast by ebike with Bosa Bike Experience, who had us whizzing up into vertiginous…

Herring festival in The HagueDespite its name, Flag Day (Vlaggetjesdag) in Scheveningen – a seaside resort close to The Hague – is actually more about fresh…

Into a Finnish labyrinthOne of the most magical places I’ve been is Lake Saimaa in eastern Finland – a huge labyrinth of islands and tranquil forests…

What I love about this photo is that it couldn’t look any more early 80s if it tried. Everything from the velvet curtains to the plastic…

I loved Dad’s old suede jacket. He’d had it for as long as I could remember, an artefact from his more rock’n’roll days, and it had…

In July and August, many parts of southern Europe and the Med are too hot and too crowded for comfort. But as summer turns to autumn…

Winning tip: glorious north Wales circuitStarting from the border town of Shrewsbury, a spectacular multiday circuit of north Wales is possible: take the Cambrian Coast line…

Slovenia’s raft of adventure activitiesSlovenia! We started in Lake Bled. Teens loved the Dolinka ziplines, the summer toboggan run, hiking in Vintgar gorge and swimming in…

During last month’s heatwave I was lucky to cool off at an outside table at the Mayfly on the River Test near Stockbridge. Sipping a refreshing…

Getty ImagesFans around the world have been mourning Black Sabbath lead singer Ozzy Osbourne as a musical legend – but for many, the 76-year-old’s passing also…