When is a tropical paradise not quite
Imagine going on holiday to escape our crazy virus laws. You’ve chosen some very special location in the sun, travel from the airport to the smart accommodation, and the local government announces the strictest lockdown.
A brand new 'welcome' on the trains
Poor old trains, poor old railways, going without passengers after years and years of packed carriages, and squeezed-together passengers, and choruses of criticism. But, relief of Mafeking and joy of joys, trains are back in business.
What an age for historians - for us all
Do we or don’t we live in astonishing times? Our grandparents can talk of world wars and air raids and rationing, of course, but who has heard any of our living ancients mentioning a plague? _
The staggering cost of lockdown for cruise liners
Offer the word 'cruise' to me and I think enviously, nostalgically, of sailing on a yacht on an ocean, most of them, in fact, as I did very happily, and very satisfyingly for so many years of my life.