Curing Scabies From an Air BnB

Scabies is invisible but it itches (badly). Unfortunately you can easily pick this unseen mite up in an Air BnB which is not professionally cleaned.

The Best of French Tokyo

If you love France and the French, there are some great places in Tokyo to learn the language, cuisine or just lose yourself in French food.

Buying Kate and William’s Favourites

Princess Kate and Prince William

If you run a business in the United Kingdom, you can apply for royal endorsement – and try your luck – as 2026 approaches and the Prince and Princess of Wales are free to choose their favourites.

The Best of Burnie, Tasmania

I expected my trip to Burnie, Tasmania, to be a bleak reliving of childhood, but instead turned out to be comfortable and enjoyable thanks to the addition of the Ikon Hotel and some other treasures I found while staying there.

Night Walks on the South Downs

The stunning South Downs Way goes across the chalk hills of Hampshire and Sussex for 100 miles between Winchester and Eastbourne. And you can walk it at night.

The Elizabeth David Picnic Secret

Elizabeth David believed in the pain bagnat for picnics. Also known as the pan bagnat or pan bagna. It comes from Nice, where you can buy it everywhere, but has become a European picnic classic.

Holiday Goddess Fashion Faux Pas Confessions by Ros Reines

Club 55 in Saint Tropez by Valentin B Kremer, Unsplash

I wore a screamingly bright, multi-coloured, sequin scattered Camilla jumpsuit to lunch at the legendary Club 55 in St Tropez. It seems I had not received the memo – the entire dining room was in white with the only deviation, a light blue trim.

Kilts. From Sylvia Plath to Harry Styles

Kilt fashion image by Johnny Wang, Unsplash

The classic kilt was popularised by Her Majesty the Queen in the 1950s and poet Sylvia Plath made it her own, some years later. Today, Plath’s kilt with her name-tag stitched into the waistband is rocketing up in value at auction houses, and everyone from Harry Styles to Dolce & Gabbana is making tartan desirable. How can you order your own kilt, to your measurements, in your family tartan? (Or just a David Bowie homage tartan)?

Royal Picnics

Advert for Beatl picnic basket 1930

Everyone is looking for picnic recipes, and everybody has strong ideas on sandwiches (yes or no) and a Thermos flask.

Three Glastonbury Walks

Glastonbury is where King Arthur is buried, according to legend, and where the crystal shops are brighter than the traffic light system. Here are three walks you can take around the town.