La Cage aux Folles, the third main production of the 2023 Regent's Park Open Air Theatre season, is an absolute humdinger of a musical. The raptuous standing ovation it received would have flustered the gently roosting birds the length and breadth of the Royal Park. La Cage aux Folles delivers on so many levels and is as rewarding an even...

My Friend Lili knows the coastal roads of the Baie of Mont St Michel like the back of her hand. Born in the house she lives in, when she asks me if I'd like to go somewhere with her, I jump.  Our last foray was to La Crêperie du Télégraphe in the tiny, charming village of St. Marcan. Adjacent to St. Broladre, as you're driving away from the Mo...

​If you're a fan of All Creatures Great and Small or James Herriot's books, then a visit to the World of James Herriot is a perfect destination if you're in the Yorkshire area of England. ​James Harriot was the pen name of veterinary surgeon and author, Mr James Alfred Wight OBE. (M.R.C.V.S.)And the World of James Herriot is an award-winning visito...

​ Visit Finland is looking to encourage travellers to discover the Finnish Landscape by train during the summer months. Finland in Northern Europe borders Sweden, Norway and Russia. It sits on a peninsula and surrounding islands in the Baltic Sea. The capital, Helsinki is home to the 18th-century sea fortress Suomenlinna and the fashionable Design ...

As a baby boomer American who grew up in the 60s, with the atrocities of war not on our soil, normal life held a complete disassociation from the horrors of our world wars. Looking back, it's almost like a privileged inheritance, except for the denial fomented.​ I've had to come to grips with that; the intensity of loss in the USA of an entire gene...

I don't think anyone ever has the thought 'I'm going to fly to France and go to Chartres' as first thought for their premier destination. But maybe it's worth considering. FRENCH JUICE: Just Pressed: The Many Secrets of Chartres Home to one of the best preserved Gothic cathedrals on the planet sans crowds, it houses unparalleled stained g...