‘The people’s champion” is how Benjamin Zephaniah is fondly remembered in his home town of Handsworth, Birmingham. The words, spray-painted in fiery-red ballooned letters, leap out of a colourful...
Der Lake (or Lac du Der-Chantecoq) is the largest artificial lake in metropolitan France in terms of surface area. Built in the early 1970s, it was designed to...
Few things can beat sitting down to a hearty pub lunch after a blustery autumnal walk. And if there’s a welcoming bar with an open fire, so much the...
On the dusty Main Street of a small ranching town, in the middle of Paraguay’s endless Chaco territory, a collection of one-room museums tells one of the often...
Sibiu, Romania’s medieval treasureSibiu, the former capital of Transylvania, proved a wonderful place to visit. The city’s old town is on a hill, with every other building in the...
Wine cooperatives are a hallmark of La Mancha, with nearly every town boasting one. However, not every town in the region enjoys the distinction of being mentioned in...