This week’s dream: a journey into Sicily’s lovely ...

My motives for this trip were varied. I was on the committee that vetted applications for the Ocean Cruising Club’s Challenge Grant when Project Manaia had applied for a grant to support their environ

I’ve been thinking about this climb for months. If I can just get up it, I’ll feel I’ve broken the back of this brutal bike leg. But talking of broken backs, mine is straining. Like fudge doughnuts, s

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...

Rosie Paterson visits Mustique, the Caribbean island that has beguiled and baffled for more than half a century, to find out what the future holds

The parks and wilderness areas of Italy are some of the most dramatic on the continent, ranging from Europe’s highest active volcano to the last refuge of the Marsican bear. We pick 21 of the wildest to explore…