Border town

TNT magazine, May 28
It's hard to get away for a short break in Europe without parting with at least a couple of hundred pounds. And even then, you're likely to end up in a pretty average hotel, eating cheap food and watching your pennies fairly closely. But you don't always have to forego life's creature comforts to have a cheap break. In fact, a couple of days in the Croatian region of Istria could leave you with change enough to splash out on luxury

The state of Denmark

TNT magazine, March 26
Apparently the Danes are the happiest people on Earth. A study conducted by the University of Leicester last year put their excess levels of joy down to the nation's health, wealth and education standards. But after an evening in Aalborg and a trip round the akvavit distillery I think I found a few more reasons

Undiscovered Italy

TNT magazine, June 2006
Everyone knows about the rolling hills and quaint medieval towns of Tuscany. Everyone. And they’re heading there in  droves, so much so that tourism authorities in some areas have started diverting their attention away from their usual job of attracting tourists, and are now working on discouraging them instead

In the pink

TNT magazine, February 2006
Provence is famous for a lot of things: gorgeous, celebrity-packed beaches, worldclass food and a lifestyle that inspired books like A Year In Provence. But interspersed between fields of aromatic lavender and thyme, you’ll also find a landscape brimming with grapes, where Provençal winemakers are leading the world in techniques for producing rosé wine