Armchair Traveller

It’s the highlight of a Mediterranean cruise itinerary and with good reason. Barcelona has it all. Architecture that wouldn’t look out of place in the storybooks, thanks to the whimsical ways of Antoni Gaudí, and a labyrinthine Gothic Quarter that was once frequented by more gaggles of geese than throngs…

We’ve been baking our way through lockdown with Culinary Corner recipes from some of our favourite cruise lines but we can’t deny it any longer; we deserve a drink. Avid P&O Cruises fans may recognise the Raspberry Creme Brûlée, a cocktail that’s arguably one of the most popular tipples on…

If there’s one place to which we can’t wait to return, it’s Italy. We’re desperate for that first sip of inky espresso and those plates of gloopy pasta licked with rich ragu. We’ll open doors to Renaissance masterpieces and spend time in town squares even Hollywood couldn’t do justice. We’re…

Right about now, Celebrity Apex should be basking in the sun somewhere in the Mediterranean on her maiden season sailings. You might have been on the new Celebrity Cruises ship, or counting down the days to joining it to criss-cross Caribbean isles later in the year. Sadly, it’s going to…

At 3.30pm, wherever in the world the three Cunard Queens may be, the clock chimes for Afternoon Tea in the Queens Room. Time-honoured and quintessentially British, the parade of fine china, silver platters, white gloves and warm scones, set to the tinkering of a Grand piano, is a signature sea…

Next up in our quest to taste our way around all the places we’re desperate to travel to is churros, the sweet, stodgy, decidedly Spanish classic that tastes as good in Seville as it does in South America. Or in this case, right here at home. We’ve stumbled head first…

When it comes to cruising vicariously, one man capable of transporting us around the world with his stories is Wesley Dunlop. He’s set to take the helm as captain of Iona, the new P&O Cruises ship and the most exciting ever built specifically for the British market. With the ship’s launch delayed…

If there is one thing we have learned from lockdown, it’s that we didn’t bake nearly enough before it happened. We’re turning over-ripe bananas into banana bread and putting all that Easter chocolate to good use in cookies. There are sourdough starters awaiting their big reveal in a day or…

Catching a lime to calypso beats, clad in carnival colours and fuelled by Banks beer; Barbados is the epitome of island life. Here’s all you need to know about when is best to visit the Caribbean >> Things to do in Barbados DON’T MISS According to Trip Advisor, the second…

By now, it’s fair to say that we have baked all the banana bread we can stomach and felt that familiar pang of guilt as Netflix asks if we’re still there. Of course we are Netflix, now play our sixth episode of Ozark in a row and be quiet. With…