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Seaside sunshine dapples ‘Naples of the North’
Like many of England’s coastal towns, Morecambe boomed from the Victorian age to the 1950s and 60s, with the railway bringing mill workers on breaks from Yorkshire and Scotland (Lancashire workers tended to go to Blackpool).
Peaks, planes and poetry
Personal experience is at the heart of travel. And personal accounts are at the heart of travel writing, no matter whether you’re an adventurer, a resident in a foreign land or a regular visitor to the same country over a number of years...
Real jewels in Netflix series The Crown a regal treat
Our travel horizons may have narrowed of late, but TV hits continue to transport us to far-flung and exotic parts of the planet.
All manor of places in hit Netflix series Bridgerton
Grand palaces and manicured gardens in the UK feature in scenes of TV show Bridgerton. STEPHEN SCOURFIELD shows you some of the best
Cruising Guide 2021/22
Travel Editor STEPHEN SCOURFIELD tests the waters in our safe and sensible guide to ocean cruising for 2021/22 and beyond.
More Australians taking out travel insurance
Survey reveals travel insurance an increasing priority for Australian travellers
In praise of escapism
A long-time contributor to Travel’s pages, writer JOHN BORTHWICK recently won the 2020 Pacific Area Travel Association’s (PATA) Gold Award for Best Destination Story.
Here, he takes a light-hearted look at travel and writing, exploring Thailand and the greatly under-rated virtues of escapism.
Streams of thought that mesmerise
Stephen Scourfield goes with the flow through time and tide
Mates for life on world’s waterways
STEPHEN SCOURFIELD relives encounters with graceful swans