A jaw-dropping voyage to Indonesia’s remote volcanic island realms

If there’s one memory of the voyage around Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands I cherish above all others it’s the moment I found a pile of lemony sleeping bags on the deck of our boat, the Ombak Putih.  They were there as an invitation to adventure. Abandon your cabin, they said, and sleep on deck. Dream … Read more

Disney Cruise Line to start work on new private island resort on the Bahamian island of Eleuthera

Revealed: Disney Cruise Line set to start work on new ‘authentic’ £308million private Caribbean island resort The Florida-headquartered company purchased a 751-acre plot called Lighthouse Point in the Bahamas  Renderings show how cruise-goers will have prime beach access with various activity options  Highlights include a family beach, wellness spa, an arts and culture centre and … Read more

WHAT BOOK would Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would Wilbur Smith take to a desert island? Wilbur Smith revealed that he’s currently reading The Egyptian by Mika Waltari He would take My African Journey by Winston Churchill to a desert island He said King Solomon’s Mines by H. Rider Haggard gave him the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:09 … Read more

WHAT BOOK would Val McDermid take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would Val McDermid take to a desert island? Val McDermid is currently reading Emma Smith’s This Is Shakespeare She would take The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson to a desert island Crime writer revealed The Wind In The Willows gave her the reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 30 … Read more

WHAT BOOK would Joanna Scanlan take to a desert island?

WHAT BOOK would Joanna Scanlan take to a desert island Actress Joanna Scanlan would take Lissa Evans’ Old Baggage to a desert island She is reading Catch And Kill: Lies, Spies And A Conspiracy to Protect Predators Joanna also revealed The Young Elizabeth by Jean Plaidy gave her reading bug By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 6 … Read more

WHAT BOOK would thriller writer Clare Mackintosh take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would thriller writer Clare Mackintosh take to a desert island? Clare Mackintosh is currently reading The Giver Of Stars by JoJo Moyes She would take Life After Life, by Kate Atkinson to a desert island British thriller writer revealed Patricia Highsmith has left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 13 February 2020 … Read more

WHAT BOOK would novelist Sadie Jones take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would novelist Sadie Jones take to a desert island? Sadie Jones is currently reading My name Is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout She would take Middlemarch, Nicholas Nickleby or Vanity Fair to a desert island British novelist said The Bonfire Of The Vanities left her cold By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:03 GMT, 20 … Read more

WHAT BOOK would novelist Sebastian Barry take to a desert island?

WHAT BOOK would novelist Sebastian Barry take to a desert island? Sebastian Barry would take Collected Poems of Jack Gilbert on a desert island    The Costa-winning novelist said Sir Philip Sidney’s The Old Arcadia left him cold He said he has no memory of being able to read until he was around eight  By Daily … Read more

WHAT BOOK would TV presenter Timmy Mallett take to a desert island? 

WHAT BOOK would TV presenter Timmy Mallett take to a desert island? Timmy Mallett would take The Secret Footballer series to a desert island The TV presenter said Hillary Clinton’s political memoir left him cold He said Cider With Rosie by Laurie Lee gave him the reading bug  By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:02 GMT, 12 March 2020 … Read more