Slow Travel: The best of the France’s countryside enjoyed on a luxury barge

  Luxury leisure and hotel company Belmond creates luxury barge adventures in rural France. Belmond Afloat is visiting the verdant and picturesque regions of Champagne, Burgundy, Alsace, and Provence. In 1966 Richard Parsons, a Reuter’s news reporter, had the idea to convert an old coal barge into a passenger ship accommodating 20 guests to travel … Read more

Escheatment: Maltese Cat Book Series. Chapters 37-39 “Croyton’s Conversation with His Father”

  “Escheatment”, Book 1 in the Maltese Cat Book Series continues with new chapters. Enjoy: Chapters 1 & 2, 3 & 4, 5 & 6, 7 & 8, 9 & 10, Chapter 11, Chapters 12 & 13, 14-16, 17, 18, Chapters 19 & 20, Chapter 21, 22 & 23, 24, 25, 26, Chapters 27-29 Chapter 30, 31-32, 33-34, chapters 35 & 36. Chapter 37 Croyton’s Conversation with His Father Charles Croyton, Jr. was the second … Read more

Peter Gilmore’s Quay named Australia’s best restaurant

It’s the fourth time Gourmet Traveller’s top prize has gone to the Sydney harbourside restaurant

The best cleansers for the most sensitive skins

Acne, rosacea, the menopause, medication, chemotherapy or just easily angered skin can make cleansing grim

Macallan distillery review – whisky and spectacle galore

Easter Elchies, Craigellachie, Moray
Macallan’s new £140m distillery and visitor centre, by Richard Rogers and co, is a suitably subtle blend of hi-tech and theatre designed to put the beautiful business of whisky production centre stage

Beyoncé meets Botticelli: how tabloid photos throw new light on old masters

The Twitter account Tabloid Art History juxtaposes celebrity shots with artworks they resemble. It’s a game that works because great art is universal