In Nuenen with Vincent van Gogh – travel review
Vincent van Gogh’s Nuenen is documented in charming fashion at the Vincentre Who is this ‘Vincent’ and where is Nuenen? We are exploring the life...
Loving Vincent …and Tim – exhibition review
The ‘Loving Vincent’ Exhibition of the Animated Film The Loving Vincent Exhibition is now open at the Noord Brabant’s Museum in Den Bosch. This beautiful...
Port, Porto and culinary culture – travel review
You might have visited Porto in Portugal before but it’s worth another look, and perhaps with food and drink in mind this time. There has...
Brick Lane – travel review
Flavours of India and Beyond We Londoners are a cosmopolitan bunch. That isn’t a recent phenomenon: our country has been built, over the centuries, on...
Best of England Vineyard Tours – travel review
Many of us have become interested in wine. Yes, drinking it and pairing it. Remember the days when we in the UK drank just a...
Three Chairs for The Netherlands – travel review
I am an unashamed supporter of The Netherlands. It’s next door, but unknown to many British. (That might be perceived as an advantage, at least...
Mallorca for the Arts – travel review
We might well think we know everything about Mallorca – possibly spelled Majorca and often pronounced with a hard ‘j’! It’s evidently a tapestry of...
Kröller-Müller Museum – gardens and galleries – travel review
This delightful museum is a triumph. Yes, it will be a draw for lovers of art but it has such broad appeal for those who...
Hotel Bon Sol – it’s a family affair – travel review
This deceptively large hotel couldn’t have a better location. Hotel Bon Sol Resort and Spa is in Illetas, which is only 8 km (5 miles)...
The Textile Museum, Tilburg – travel review
‘No, Mum, not a museum!’ Yes, many of us have heard that sad and somewhat panic-stricken refrain from youngsters who are dreading the prospect of...
Between Heaven and Earth: Atelier NL – art review
It seemed unlikely. A pottery in a church in Eindhoven. But here it was and it is indeed a divine space in which to sympathetically...
Mainz – arrive by River – travel review
This is a beautiful and cultured city and accessible from the river. One walks a few yards from the Rhine and the history of Mainz...
Het Noordbrabants Museum acquires van Gogh watercolour – until 19 March 2017
Het Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, Holland has recently acquired from a private collection The Garden of the Vicarage at Nuenen by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)....
Bali with Montigo Resorts – travel review
Bali is a destination known more by Australians than Europeans. But it’s more accessible these days with convenient flight connections via Singapore Airlines from London’s...
The Hague’s fashion souvenirs – travel review
We are going on a well-deserved city break, but what does the discerning and well-turned-out shopper bring back? Well, usually nothing apart from a bottle...
Givenchy and Hepburn at Gemeentemuseum, The Hague – travel review
The yellow brick Art-Deco museum is solid and striking and an icon of its time. Built between 1931 and 1935, it was designed by the...
Montigo in Batam, Indonesia – travel review
The name Batam refers to both an island and a municipality, the largest city in the Riau Islands, a province of Indonesia. You might not...
Castles and Clans with The Majestic Line – travel review
This isn’t the first trip with this charming and characterful Majestic Line. My first voyage was a couple of years ago and was an introduction...
Twickenham Stadium – World rugby and local icon – travel review
Twickenham Stadium, just like Wembley Stadium, is usually known by its address rather than its function. Wembley is mostly just ‘Wembley’ and Twickenham is ‘Twickenham’...
Batam and Bali via Singapore Lounge Heathrow – travel review
These are destinations known more by Australians than Europeans, but they are more accessible to us now, with convenient flight connections via Singapore Airlines from...