My staunch attitude towards camping will never wane; the old “never go anywhere you can’t plug in your hairdryer” adage tolling in my head like a rabid pigeon in the belfry of the church of common decency and polite civilisation. With Glastonbury Festival just around the corner and despite its impressive line-up of the world’s most talented musicians, [...]

A late-night minibar raid usually results in an overpriced packet of Pringles and a miniature bottle of vodka that barely touches the sides. If you’re anything like me, a club sandwich from room service is always an essential addition, however, it often ends up forgotten, cold in the corner after a forty-five-minute wait, much like the [...]

For those who have travelled to nations abroad where the language spoken is not the mother tongue, they most certainly have a hilarious tale of when their pidgin Spanish/Mandarin/Urdu did not elicit quite the desired response,  and in some extreme cases—solicited prostitution. Most frequently it’s a cute slip of the tongue—saying you’re pregnant instead having had [...]

Since knitting needles became contraband on commercial aircrafts, the crafty jet-setter has been left with idle hands on long-haul flights. Knit none, purl none; there’s only so much origami one can do with a paper napkin before abject boredom sets in The Stitching Postcards by designers Leihener, Seng, Valder change that, allowing travellers to stitch their journey onto [...]