‘Manhattan’ is a glorious celebration of New York, a bitter-sweet love letter from Woody Allen to the Big Apple. It’s also one of my favourite American films of all time. Finding myself in New York a few weeks ago, I decided to go in search of iconic locations […]
Elstree Studios is one of those iconic film names that sends a shiver down my spine. Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the Indiana Jones trilogy were some of the big blockbuster movies that were made here. Today it’s also home to major TV shows like Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother and […]
Amsterdam is one of the world’s great cities so if you’ve visited before, it’s definitely worth going back for more. It’s a city which is constantly reinventing itself. There’s always something new and different to see, as I discovered on my trip this month. With several new tourist attractions and makeovers […]
Greenwich Village, New York, 1961. Imagine the excitement of being at the heart of New York’s folk revolution as it was about to kick off in the early 1960s. The times they were a-changing and popular music was undergoing a huge cultural shift. A young Bob Dylan was […]
Road trips are one of life’s great joys which is why I enjoy heading to the hills in a camper van so much. It’s the ultimate road trip – one of the reasons I was so drawn to the new road movie, Nebraska. Nebraska is a film that […]
Formula One in the 1970s was risky, competitive and oddly glamorous, largely because of the charismatic drivers who vied for pole position in the sport – James Hunt and Niki Lauda. Posh Brit James Hunt and Austria’s driven Niki Lauda were arch-rivals, fuelling one of the most exciting […]
SeaWorld in Florida was one of my favourite tourist attractions when I visited the marine park on holiday in the early 1990s. Dolphins, killer whales, seals and rays were some of the amazing animals that could be seen at close quarters. But the highlight was watching the killer […]
It’s one hell of a movie blockbuster. No, I’m not talking about the latest Hollywood movie release but the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Hollywood Costume exhibition in London. Imagine a celluloid dream where you can schmooze with Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Daniel Craig and Brad Pitt. Well, this […]
When in Rome don’t always do as the tourist guides tell you… I have a dislike of many of the big tourist hot spots, only equalled by my distaste for London’s Leicester Square and New York’s Times Square. So my advice is to walk briskly through Barberini and Trevi […]