Britain at its best: Whitby is the Yorkshire seaside town that inspired Dracula – and it’s to die for In Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic, Count Dracula lands at Whitby on a schooner The most splendid Gothic spot is its abbey, which overlooks the coast Harry Mount stayed at The Riviera, a comfortable B&B with ‘epic’ sea … Read more
An Inspector Calls… Ye Olde Bell in Nottinghamshire is a ‘welcoming sort of place’ – but please turn down the radio Ye Olde Bell is a former coaching inn in Barnby Manor, near Retford There are 60 rooms and people come from ‘far and wide’ to visit the spa The Inspector couldn’t quite forgive being … Read more
Gulp. Captain Mike Blythe, British Airways Flight Technical and Training Manager for the Airbus A380 and A350 is sitting next to me. ‘Take a deep breath,’ he says. Why? Because I’m about to take a British Airways Airbus A350 down one of London Heathrow’s runways and take-off for the very first time. Ted prepares to … Read more
Windmills and tulips are thin on the ground in Rotterdam, one of the most relentlessly forward-looking cities in Europe. Much of the centre, devastated during World War II, has a retro-futurist look with striking Sixties architecture. Now Eurostar offers direct trains from London St Pancras — a journey of barely three hours — it’s high … Read more
A father-of-three who has been left totally paralysed after developing locked-in syndrome has learnt to spell out words using his eyes. Darren Leith has been ‘buried alive’ ever since he suddenly suffered a brain-stem stroke on April 28 2017. The 50-year-old is able to think, see and feel but cannot eat, talk or move any … Read more
Women who shave their pubic hair or wear tight trousers are ‘more likely to suffer long-term vulva pain because of friction and higher risk of infection’ Scientists at Boston University found grooming increases the risk of vulvodynia The condition is caused by nerve pain and not easily treatable Tight trousers also doubled the risk of … Read more
Avocados are great for your diet – but not on toast, nutrition researchers say. It may sound obvious. Bread, a demonized processed carb, has essentially piggybacked superfood starlet avocado to be accepted, even revered, by clean-eating evangelists. Even the most devout avo-toasters know avocado is the Cher to bread’s Sonny, nutrition-wise. But this new study, … Read more
The Bobs coaster, the Parachute Jump and Silver Streak: Fascinating colour pictures taken in 1948 show day trippers on Coney Island enjoying thrill rides and heatwave sunshine Coney Island was discovered by European explorers in the 1600s but remained undeveloped until the 1860s By the 1920s, with its Cyclone roller coaster, it had the reputation … Read more
The top 50 most Instagrammed destinations in the world for 2019 revealed: London takes the No1 spot, knocking Paris into second and New York into third Berlin, meanwhile, is the most ‘selfied’ location in the world, according to a study It also revealed that Santiago in Chile is the No1 for scenic posts Dubai took … Read more
A Louisiana prisoner has been implanted with an unapproved ‘pellet’ to treat addiction. The inmate is soon to be released from a Louisiana Department of Corrections (DOC) facility and is the first of 10 patients that California-based BioCorRx intends to place the implant in. DOC doctors are surgically implanting devices that release naltrexone – an … Read more