Flying the flexjet way

Fulfilling his dream, our writer takes the controls of a Spitfire, Britain’s most iconic aircraft, which first took to the skies nearly 90 years ago

Steam rises in plumes, roaring from fissures in rocks, while around me, pools of mud bubble. The hillsides are rusted with iron ore, and dark storm clouds echo the colours of the dark-coloured earth.

WE all love a night at the movies or settling down for our favourite television programme – but it seems that we also love visiting where they were filmed. Set-jetting, as it’s known, has become big b

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Keith Dewhurst decided he wanted an Armstrong Siddeley in the late ’80s, while working for the BBC as an engineer: “I bought a 346 in 1988, which I still own – I’ve done 80,000 miles in it. There’s al

Celebrating 100 years of the BBC Shipping Forecast, Jane Russell takes us on a series of coastal cruises through the forecast sea areas, exploring some of the special places on offer in each of them