August 12th - Look ahead a year from now to the skies over Europe
One year from now, on 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across the surface of the earth, from the Arctic across Greenland, Iceland and northern Spain. The astronomical event, at the hei...
12 Aug 20257min
August 11th - Is this the only defunct control tower tour in the world?
Denver Stapleton Airport – then the fifth-busiest in the world – closed down in 1995. The last flight out was Continental 34 to London Gatwick. You would never know an airport was here – everything ha...
11 Aug 20255min
August 8th - Race across Europe: a brutal challenge to get from London to Tallinn
Bram Houtenbos is a charming Dutch financial services executive living in south London. He also self-identifies as a travel nerd. He is one of the foremost contenders in the Lupine Racing challenges t...
8 Aug 20259min
August 7th - Could holiday roulette be the antidote to overtourism
Booking.com chief executive Glenn Fogel believes so. He says a lottery arrangement could keep numbers down without disenfranchising less wealthy travellers. But could this cunning plan encounter probl...
7 Aug 20256min
August 6th - What's happening with aviation security?
Many airports have state-of-the-art scanners now, but only some of them are able to drop the annoying 100ml limit for containers of liquids, aerosols and gels. And we still seem some way from the "che...
6 Aug 20259min
August 5th - Tall ship cruising around the Greek islands
After my Explora I cruise that I reported on yesterday, I have today talked to my excellent colleague, cruise writer Marc Shoffman. He has just returned from a trip on Star Clipper, a tall ship where ...
5 Aug 20256min
August 4th - The joy of cruising, with Explora I's entertainment director
I have just spent an expensive but excellent week aboard the cruise ship Explora I. I talked to Martyn Moss, who has 28 years experience in the business and much of interest to say.This podcast is fre...
4 Aug 20257min
August 1st - Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
That's the title of the latest series from the great historian Bettany Hughes – being broadcast starting Saturday 2 August on Five at 6.30pm. I caught up with Bettany during her latest shoot, and she ...
1 Aug 20255min
