Hart Shoreditch hotel has unveiled its London Design Festival programme for 2023. The hotel will stage a series of events with this year's theme Expect the unexpected. For the 2023 festival the hotel worked with East London based artist/illustrator James Daw who works in collage and mixed media by creating textures, scribbles and splodges that are ...

This is the most envy-worthy way to see the Portuguese capital Like a World War II machine gunner, I hunker down in the sidecar of the motorcycle. You see, during the war in Europe, the Americans retrofitted motorcycle sidecars with machine guns so the soldier passenger could exchange fire with the enemy. Motorcycle sidecars were also used in the w...

Bikepacking in the Lake District, by Ed Hunton,is a new Cicerone guidebook to eight challenging bike rides in the UK Lake District. Bikepacking is the off-road equivalent of cycle touring wild camping or staying in the usual accommodation options. It offers cyclists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the environment and explore the on two whe...

Warsaw, the Polish capital, is a vibrant, confident and outward looking city that welcomes visitors with genuine warmth. This is very much in contrast to the city's relatively recent history. Warsaw was ravaged during World War II with Poland itself repressed, as a Soviet bloc country, for forty plus years afterwards. Eagerly embracing democratic c...

It has been a few months since we returned from our trip to Greece. Although this has been one of the best trips in years, I dread writing this article about our experience with the Greek ferries as it reminds me of the most unpleasant parts of our trip. Before travelling to Greece, I romanticised the idea of Greek ferries as taking the scenic rout...

Located in the Gulf of Finland, Estonia offers Baltic heritage with a Nordic influence. Over 50% of the country is covered in forest and its Baltic Sea coastline has over 2,000 islands. To make the most of this, Estonia has a range of innovative places to stay where it is possible to truly appreciate the environment. Mirrored houses Mirrored houses...