Move over Monty Python: Palin proves more popular for his travels
October 15, 2009Scriptwriter, comedian, novelist, TV presenter, actor and playwright – Michael Palin is a man of many talents.
Life – holidays to match the episodes
October 12, 2009Life, the latest nature show from the BBC and Sir David Attenborough, begins tonight in the UK, Monday 12 October at 9pm on BBC1. The 10-part show focuses on the extreme ...read in full
Island hopping and tortoise spotting in the Sporades
October 9, 2009The Sporades, an archipelago off the east coast of mainland Greece, caught my attention this year. A ‘so bad it’s good’ film has put the spotlight on Skopelos, a tiny pinprick in the Aegean with pine-clad vertiginous peaks that’s about as green as the Greek islands get. Luckily the terrain has deterred the Greeks from building an airport here, and after a white knuckle landing at Skiathos (the runway, flanked by the sea at both ends, is the shortest I’ve ever seen!) and a speedy hop by ‘flying cat’, we’re in peaceful Skopelos.
Cats and canal boats in Amsterdam
October 1, 2009Amsterdam’s canals were particularly pretty in the August sunshine, and the waterways offer a great way to see some of the key sights. We admired the skill of our captain, manoeuvring what was a wide and heavy traditional barge from one canal into another – some nifty wheel-turning and spot-on judgment was called for!
Who would be YOUR dream Grandad?
September 28, 2009In anticipation of Grandparents’ Day this Sunday (4 October), that’s the question Travel PR has taken on to the streets of south west London…with some surprising (and, OK, some unsurprising ...read in full
Art you can eat
September 22, 2009Parisian artists Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle have imaginatively transformed food into a variety of landscapes in their mesmerising minimiam collection. The photographers have devoted hundreds of hours into tricking ...read in full
Spangles or spotlights?
September 18, 2009As another hard-working week in the Travel PR office begins to wind down, our attention turns to the important issue of the day. Namely, the Saturday night scheduling scandal that ...read in full
Unusual culture shock
September 16, 2009It has somehow become an regular occurrence in my life that at any party where there is at least one adult, I will always be asked: “So… what are you up to at the ...read in full
Dunk if you dare!
September 9, 2009As news reports reach us that the iconic custard cream is ‘Britain’s most dangerous biscuit’, conspicuous consumers Travel PR have enjoyed a heated debate on our favourite dunkable delights. Current ...read in full
Bahrain, the forgotten destination of the Middle East?
September 8, 2009Despite Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Oman being all the rage in the Middle East, we recently decamped for the second year in succession to Bahrain for our summer holiday. This ...read in full
