Travel

Author Chris Cleave talks about the role of London in his new novel Everyone Brave is Forgiven. Plus, what to do if you visit.

Airport season is upon us, your belly may give away whether you're having a boy or a girl, and why French linguists do not care for your modern acronyms.

I'm finally - finally! - writing from a Paris hotel, my window overlooking a charming street scene of busy little cafes, boutiques selling beautiful leather goods and Mad Men-esque vintage clothing, and apartments with lovingly cultivated and colourful window boxes.

For Rachel Shukert, author of Everything is Going to Be Great: An Underfunded and Overexposed European Grand Tour, spending years traveling and working her way through Europe helped make her the happier, more self-assured woman she is today.

It wasn't until after I had eagerly hopped into the kayak, shoved my life jacket into the boat's cavity and grabbed my paddle that I realized what an odd moment this was.