Today my talented friend Nick Slater surprised me with a homemade personalised hot water bottle cover. It's not my birthday, he just knows I love a hot water bottle and decided to make me one over the weekend.

And I ADORE it 🩷

Adored this Times Travel piece by Renee Bruns about travelling the world in a wheelchair🗺️

'All of that is nothing compared to the special perspective I have been given — the chance to experience a true, authentic side of humankind.'

thetimes.co.uk/travel/inspira…

Highlight of a long weekend in Italy? This giant lemon 🍋🍋🍋

Loved hearing Elizabeth Day talk friendships, failures and books at The London Palladium last night

Couldn't agree more that vulnerability is a superpower and we should all try to embrace it ✨

Adored this book. Heartbreaking, and still, somehow, hopeful too 📚Jennie Godfrey

Today, I will be insufferable. I will be insufferable because I am an AUTHOR & #PaddlingFrance is officially available for purchase! 40 waterborne adventures in l’Héxagone, from Brittany to Corsica. Buy it here:
@bradtguides @travwriters Atout France UK&IE
bradtguides.com/product/paddli…

Absolutely loved this by David Nicholls for Times Culture. The story of how One Day came to be 📖 #booktwitter

thetimes.co.uk/article/david-…

Interiors here are a Scandi dream thanks to lovely pale pink and green hues and lots of natural light. Plump for a sea-view room to watch the waves roll in, Lizzie Frainier writes thetimes.co.uk/travel/destina…

Our annual guide to the best places to stay in the UK has landed!

This year’s Hotel of the year AND Scotland hotel of the year is…

👑Gleneagles (Gleneagles)

#BestPlacesToStay The Times and The Sunday Times
thetimes.co.uk/article/best-p…

City boy-turned-Val d’Isère seasonaire George Penfold reveals what goes on behind the scenes in your ski chalet — and you won’t like it thetimes.co.uk/article/hot-tu…

🎿What is it really like to be chalet host? Interviewed a city boy turned seasonaire who gave me all the gossip on hot tub sex, bagpipes and screaming matches...

In The Times and The Sunday Times Times Travel now⬇️
thetimes.co.uk/article/hot-tu…

Loved joining Mariella Frostrup on Times Radio today to talk tipping in the USA and romantic solo trips to Venice

Listen on catch-up here thetimes.co.uk/radio/schedule

I spent Valentine’s Day in Venice by myself, enjoying drinks with locals, a night at the opera and a private gondola ride, Lizzie Frainier writes. Now I want to make it a yearly tradition
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-i-…

Love is so much bigger than just romantic love — and Venice knows it. It's why I felt so content visiting alone for Valentine's Day, and want to make it an annual tradition 💘🇮🇹🍝

Full piece online today in The Times and The Sunday Times Times Travel ⬇️

thetimes.co.uk/article/why-i-…

It's amazing how many people you meet on the Bali hostel scene that have come to the island to heal from a broken heart. I like to call it the Eat Pray Love effect.

I've written about the best hostels in Bali for The Times and The Sunday Times Times Travel here ↓
thetimes.co.uk/travel/destina…

May have unconsciously based my career choices on these fabulous rom com women, come to think of it 😂