AROUND THE WORLD WITH BEAR GRYLLS
The adventurer, broadcaster, and writer reflects on getting lost, being rescued, doughnuts and why Andre Agassi is the most interesting person he’s ever met on his travels, “sweet man. We’re meeting up again soon.”

BED HOPPING WITH ALLEGRA HICKS
The fashion and interiors designer reveals where she likes to unpack her suitcase, and why she hates motorway hotels, “I’d rather drive one more hour than stay somewhere where the bedcovers are so disgusting you don’t want to touch them, even to remove them, and the bathrooms look like they have been made from one piece of plastic.”

‘I WISH ENGLAND WAS MORE LIKE NAMIBIA’
Family campaign in Africa may sound like a recipe for disaster, but Samantha Weinberg found her kids were game for anything, and no one wanted to leave.

UNTOUCHED SPAIN
Extremadura, on the border of Portugal, has been one of Spain’s great secrets, regarded by many as a ‘great unknown’. With many former monasteries and convents now hotels, the beautiful region is finally opening up to tourism. Paul Richardson investigates.

STOCKHOLM SAVVY
Stephen Whitlock explores the busy, and the tranquil side of what Sweden’s capital city has to offer. From famous bridges, historical shopping streets and swimming in the middle of town. Why should you visit? Here are 25 reasons.

SEATTLE ON A HIGH
Known now for Nirvana, Frasier, Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon, America’s north-western city has previously been overlooked, but that is all changing. Michael Watts meets the people of the city and finds out why they have always had it in their hearts.

PLUS: How to give your partner the best holiday ever; Foraging in Cornwall; Rustic rambles in Shropshire; and the translucent seas of the Maddalena archipelago, off the coast of Sardinia.

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