Author Archives: Julian Worker

Byways in Yorkshire, Cumbria and Northumberland make for scenic and challenging rides.

Old roses, hidden temples, forgotten orchards – find peace and beauty in these romantic idylls

On 1 March, photographer Jon Tonks left New Zealand on a Pacific cruise. Twenty eight days later, the boat docked in San Diego, amid a pandemic. What happened in between?

Taking one of the first charter flights to Greece for months…

Landmark galleries are great, but there’s a fascination and immediacy about the small, offbeat museums scattered across the Icelandic countryside

Canny visitors could find they have the Black Forest, ‘Saxon Switzerland’ or the Baltic coast almost to themselves

The tourists are trickling back but the streets and canals are still quiet enough to make cycling around the city an unexpected summer treat

It only spans 40 miles but the Belgian coast is one long line of fun resorts, nature reserves and beaches, all linked by the world’s longest tramline

With their low infection rate, the islands are being used as a laboratory for safe tourism. Joining a trial flight with the UN’s World Tourism Organization, we find Fuerteventura organised, welcoming and very clean

The ‘ignominy of division and joy of reunification’ are only part of the journey when exploring Germany through its fiction