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Travel + Letters

May 2026

  • Crowds of mature passengers relax on a sunny cruise ship

    Cruise control: what’s wrong with a holiday on board?

  • The comedian and actor Spike Milligan (1918-2002) poses at home in England on 6th May 1963.

    A rare border that brought people closer together

April 2026

  • Brittany Ferries

    French children’s menus were a surprising disappointment – with one exception

  • Young man with backpack walking on Tower Bridge against cityscape

    Londoners aren’t unfriendly – but don’t compare us to New Yorkers

March 2026

  • Paris wants to drive out large SUVs by increasing parking feesA cyclist rides past a SUV car parked on a street in Paris as Paris City Hall will organise a public vote on the place of SUV cars in the French capital, France, November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier traffic

    Brief letters
    Weighing in on the heavy SUV debate

  • Skiers skiing down ski slopes in St Saint Anton Austria

    Why I was hitting the slopes until I was 80

February 2026

  • Happy man with smart phone charging electric car at station

    Brief letters
    A dose of smart love on Valentine’s Day

  • Honey bees returning to their hive

    Brief letters
    Workers’ collectives are the bee’s knees

January 2026

  • The garden where Taqwa Ahmed al-Wawi’s family planted seeds in the midst of the Israeli bombardment.

    Brief letters
    Gaza’s garden is a rare story of hope

    Brief letters: Act of resistance | Amended signs | Curt waiters | Disgusted in Tunbridge Wells | Crossword clues | Smug travellers

December 2025

  • A US visa stamp on a foreign passport

    Brief letters
    Why my letters would fail the Trump visa test

    Brief letters: US visa edict | 1 No Trump | Flu advice | Costly candles | Christmas spirit

November 2025

  • EasyJet planes queuing to take off at Gatwick airport

    End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains

  • Virgin Trains rail franchiseFile photo dated 15/08/12 of a Virgin train. Britain's longest-running rail franchise comes to an end on Saturday after more than 22 years as Virgin Trains operates its final services. PA Photo. Issue date: Saturday December 7, 2019. The firm, which began serving the West Coast Main Line in March 1997, is being replaced by Avanti West Coast. See PA story RAIL Virgin. Photo credit should read: Rui Vieira/PA Wire

    Ashford’s ghost terminal could be brought back to life by Richard Branson

October 2025

  • View from the historic stone bridge into Llandeilo town centre with the colourful houses in good early summer sunshine.

    Brief letters
    A magical journey through Wales

  • A man working on a laptop while camping in the desert in Death Valley, California

    Brief letters
    A country retreat that’s off-grid but online

August 2025

  • People on beach at Torquay

    A car-free tour of Devon? Just the train journey there would be an adventure

  • A map of Africa from 1633.

    Mercator map isn’t a crime against Africa

  • Doctor checks mole

    Brief letters
    Be warned about the dangers of tanning

  • Plane flying over a Heathrow airport sign

    Planes, trains and more missteps from Labour

July 2025

  • Woman using a laptop on a beach in Thailand

    The good, bad and ugly of life as a digital nomad

  • Waterlow Park in north London, held in trust by Camden council.

    Public parks offer value that privately developed spaces can’t match

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