The French region of Savoie Mont Blanc covers two-thirds of the French Alps. It takes in mountain resorts including Val d'Isère, Méribel, Morzine-Avoriaz and Chamonix along with Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, Valloire and Le Grand Bornand. With 112 mountain resorts in total, Savoie Mont Blanc is gearing up to the summer season focussed on healthy living...

The island of fire and ice is chock full of natural wonders. You can sense it. There's something supernatural at play as we snorkel the Silfra fissure between the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in Iceland's Thingvellir National Park. "Sure, it has some special energy," says our guide Gretar Thorlaks with a laugh. "How can it not? You'r...

Dear Evan Hansen is a powerful musical drama for our social media age. On its 2016 Broadway opening, the production won six Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Score, with the subsequent London production picking up three Olivier Awards, including for Best New Musical and Best Original Score. Though the timescales may vary, every theatrical...

The south-west English county of Devon takes in sandy beaches, fossil cliffs, small country and coastal towns and villages and national parks. Many visitors look to the cities of Plymouth or Exeter, head for the English Riviera resorts of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham or opt for Exmoor. Equally well worth a visit is the area of the county within th...

Hever Castle in Kent offers a history going back 700 years along with splendid grounds and gardens and a host of special events. Although originally a 13th Century country house, it's the Castle's link to Anne Boleyn, and those tempestuous Tudor times of scheming and treachery, that provides its 'headline' draw. That said, those visiting Hever Cast...

When hearing of the stage adaptation of Yann Martel's, The Life of Pi, I conjured up a pseudo, Bill Bailey style stand-up monologue. "So there's this bloke, in a boat, on the ocean, with a tiger, for like days on end. What's all that about then?" Images by Johan Persson I am not one of the many millions who have read Martel's 2001 book, nor have I ...