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I used to come to Llandudno for childhood holidays in the Seventies. Think Formica tables, push-penny games on the pier and guesthouse landladies in floral pinnies. I recently returned with my own children, joining the staycation stampede from the North West after our original holiday plans were filed under 2021.
Handshakes and hugs were stopped when the coronavirus pandemic took hold But there are alternative greetings - and not only the 'Wuhan shake' foot-tap There's the Thai Wai, the Hawaiian shaka sign as well as the formal Japanese bow Here's how to help people impacted by Covid-19 Arriving at the Prince's Trust Awards in March, Prince Charles was about to go in for a handshake when, mindful of social-distancing rules, he quickly changed tack.
MOST famous as the setting for cult Sixties TV series The Prisoner, Welsh resort Portmeirion is like something out of a fairytale. Built in the style of an Italian village, its quirky buildings and woodland walks have also served as a location for TV show Cold Feet and been a favourite escape for stars including The Beatles.
You can eat your own body weight in harvest produce at the various food festivals staged across the UK this autumn. British Food Fortnight ( lovebritishfood.co.uk) kicks off on September 17, but it's Conwy in North Wales which lays claim to one of the most coveted titles - Britain's oldest harvest festival (according to them, anyway).
It has been a site of pilgrimage for more than 70 years, with Beatles fans rallying to the leafy south Liverpool suburb of Woolton to stand outside the red, graffiti-scrawled gates that lead to Strawberry Field. Last weekend, those famous red gates finally reopened after almost a decade-and-a-half, allowing visitors to explore the place John Lennon treasured as his childhood refuge.
David Atkinson goes in search of the elusive Teggie - a mysterious monster rumoured to live in the waters of Bala Lake, the largest natural lake in Wales.
With a landmark new museum just opened and a decision about a Unesco World Heritage listing pending for July, the Provencal city of Nimes is in the spotlight. The Nimes Festival, a summer jamboree of cultural events, is already under way across the cobblestoned old town.
It was my turn to do the washing up. "Just throw the leftovers to the fish," said Senko Karuza, who had just prepared a slow-cooked feast of smoked fish soup followed by black-eel stew and fresh polenta. "After all," he smiled. "It's organic."
It was the summer of 1993. I left behind undergraduate life at Leeds University to teach English in a country most people had never heard of, and to live with a family I had never met. In Chisinau, capital of Moldova, the air was heavy with the smell of wild flowers and debate over the perestroika reforms unfolding before my eyes.
A preview of the stories behind the Chester Ghost Tour.