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The Summer Carry-On

Everything You Need for Your Next Escape

Packing well is an art of its own. This summer, make room for swimwear with personality, headphones that go the distance, a couple of beauty essentials for life in transit and smart accessories that bring order to even the most ambitious suitcase. Our summer travel edit has the essentials covered before you even reach the airport. POLO RALPH LAUREN Traveller Swimming Shorts: Mesh-lined for added comfort, with a vivid tropical-flora print inspired by the crystalline waters and sunsets of the Caribbean. Cut in a classic fit, they feature an elasticated drawstring waist, side pockets, a drainage buttonhole in the rear pocket and the signature Pony embroidered at the hem. £105 | ralphlauren.co.uk BOND-EYE Beaded Bikini: An unsized micro-crinkle triangle bikini in shimmering lurex, finished with recycled resin bead details. The functional halter top suits cup sizes AA to DD, while the adjustable tie-side brief can be worn low or higher on the hips. Handmade in Australia, the stretch fabric generally fits sizes XS to L. Top and brief £95 each | bond-eye.com MARSHALL Minor IV: Rock-inspired true wireless earbuds delivering balanced sound, with more...

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What Lies Beneath

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles – Desroches Island

At first, I thought I’d imagined it. Not a full shape. Just something slightly off in the water. Then it moved. We were standing just off Aquarium Beach at Four Seasons Resort Seychelles Desroches Island, fins half on, the sea flat before the light started to drop. Nasreen Khan, the resort’s conservationist and marine biologist, […]

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Route 66 Turns 100

Joel Meyerowitz on America's Mother Road

Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2026, Route 66 shows no sign of losing its hold on the American imagination. Established in 1926 as one of the original roads in the United States Numbered Highway System, it became far more than a way of getting from one place to another. From Chicago to Santa Monica, its […]

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Kenya: Swim with Dolphins and Turtles in Watamu

Our Journey Ends on the Indian Ocean, Where Marine Conservation Brings Kenya into the Blue

Our last stop is Watamu, a paradise of turquoise waters on the shores of the Indian Ocean. Our home for the next four days is Kusini House, a stunning, fully catered, three-story, Swahili-style clifftop villa overlooking the Indian Ocean and Mida Creek. A top-level veranda and a dedicated rooftop terrace – perfect for sundowners – offer panoramic […]

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Kenya: Big-Cat Drama at Seringet Mara Camp

On the Maasai Mara, Lionesses hunt, Buffalo Brood and Evenings Unfold Under a Sky Heaving with Stars

Another quick flight takes us to Seringet Mara Camp by Nigel Archer Safaris, on the border with Tanzania. The camp is positioned in a secluded, shady pocket of forest right at the confluence of the Mara and Talek Rivers, a prime seat for viewing wildlife. During the Great Migration, huge herds of wildebeest and zebras […]

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Kenya: Walking Safari at Tumaren Camp, Laikipia

Camels, Conservation and Ancient Volcanic Plains Make for a Deeply Immersive Safari Experience

Next morning, we flew to Tumaren Camp, a luxury tented camp nestled in a private 12,000-hectare wildlife conservancy in the rugged, beautiful plains of Laikipia North. This region is focused on community-driven conservation and boasts the highest biodiversity of large mammals in the country, including northern species such as Grevy’s zebra, reticulated giraffe, Beisa oryx […]

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Kenya: Conservation Begins in Nairobi

From Ol Losowan House to the Giraffe Centre, Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and Nairobi National Park

Julia Pasarón starts her family adventure with Seas4Life among giraffes, orphaned elephants and the unexpected wilderness of Nairobi National Park. Safari holidays can deepen environmental awareness, support wellbeing and provide essential funding for conservation. For this family sea-and-land adventure through Kenya, we travelled with Seas4Life, founded by acclaimed Kenyan marine biologist and conservationist Julie Church, […]

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Raffles Bali: Sustainable Luxury in Jimbaran Bay

A Sophisticated Retreat with a Lighter Footprint

Luxury resorts often promise privacy, personalised service and a sense of escape. At Raffles Bali, those promises are delivered with remarkable consistency, alongside a sustainability programme that feels genuinely embedded in the guest experience rather than simply appended to it. Set across 57 acres of tropical hillside overlooking Jimbaran Bay, Raffles Bali is an all-villa […]

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The Chairman’s Train

Jeremy Hosking’s Private Train Revives the Romance of Slow Travel

The revelation that a gentleman of a certain age ‘collects trains’ conjures up images of a well-appointed study containing much loved scale models in polished glass cases but, when the man in question is Jeremy Hosking, Chairman of the Locomotive Services Group, the picture becomes more than a little different. A successful career in international […]

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The Venice Biennale Through an Insider’s Eye

Art, Access and Discovery in the World’s Greatest Cultural Gathering

Each spring, the art world descends on the Venice Biennale, that ever-shifting barometer of global creativity staged across the canals, palazzi and former industrial spaces of Venice. Running from 9 May to 22 November 2026, its 61st edition remains one of the most important moments in the cultural calendar, drawing artists, collectors, curators and the […]

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Lighthouse at the End of the World

A Family Journey to Norway’s Remote Lofoten Islands

When I travel alone for business, I guard my passport closely. This time, travelling with my family, my wife takes charge of the documents. Intended as a kindness, it leaves me oddly untethered – wandering the airport feeling faintly stateless as we set off for Norway. This is not a conventional holiday. With our two […]

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Golf and Chill at Beachcomber Resorts Mauritius

From Tee Time to Tide Time in Tropical Paradise

Some sounds have a magnetic quality. The beat of a drum, the swoosh of the ocean and the ping of a perfect golf shot. They have the ability to make time stand still, causing all other things to fall away. Laced with cerulean waters, Mauritius is a place to hum to the sound of your […]