The village of Deia in Mallorca is tiny. It’s not more than a scattering of houses surrounding a hill with a church on top. But this little gem in the Balearic Islands – situated where the foothills of the Serra de Tramuntana drop down to the sea – punches far […]
Do you know what Butterbeer tastes like? Would you like to wander up Diagon Alley or see the cosy Gryffindor common room? Perhaps you fancy practising your wand skills or going for a ride on a broomstick? All this and more wonders await you at the Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio […]
Is there any author who more obviously makes you think of London than Charles Dickens? He knew the city like the back of his hand, spending many a night walking the streets for hours, and had the knack of conjuring up Victorian London in novels like no-one else. There are […]
Tucked away in the French department of Correze is a little-known treasure that gives a warm welcome to visitors. Here, in a pretty valley surrounded by woodlands, near the town of Brive-la-Galliard, a garden has been established dedicated to Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, a 20th century (1873 – 1954) writer who was […]
Did you love reading Tintin books when you were a child? I did, in fact I still do and reading them to Wandering Kiwi Jr provides the perfect excuse to delve back into these famous travel adventures! So when I was planning our winter road trip around Belgium and the […]
When I travelled in Russia one of my priorities was going on a literary walking tour in Moscow because I have a great love for Russian fiction. So with a bit of research I made up a literary tour of Moscow, which is focused mainly in the leafy quarter southwest of Tverskaya. […]
‘Our Man in Havana’, Graham Greene’s classic “entertainment” poking fun at the British secret service abroad was published just before the Revolution changed Cuba forever. When I visited the Havana I was fascinated to find a city that lives up to its nostalgic reputation but demands to be engaged with […]