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With Glasto diehards now making their way homwards, it's official: festival season has begun in earnest. There's plenty to keep us occupied at home, but if music plus sun is your dream holiday, here are six of the festivals in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon. Nos Alive Algés Promenade, Lisbon; 7th-9th July 2016 Nos Alive is one of the leading music festivals in Portugal. 'Think Glastonbury with guaranteed sun' say The Times, and the line-up suggests exactly that: it has...

When you’ve paid out a small fortune for a weekend break you can be forgiven for going budget on the airport hotel, but when you turn up to be welcomed by a service station bunker, it can be a sure-fire way to ruin the first leg of your trip. I write from my own bitter experience. It has not been fifteen minutes since I checked in and rather than kicking back over a glass of wine in the bar in...

The debate over Heathrow expansion continues to be bitterly contested by Gatwick Airport despite a third runway being recommended by the Airports Commission in 2015. Gatwick, it seems, is still missing a trick. For all the environmental and logistical benefits of building a new runway in Sussex, the fundamental problem is that it doesn’t operate as a hub in the way Heathrow does today. If it is to become a viable solution, it needs to transfer out as many travellers...

When it comes to holidays, sometimes staying put can be the best option. Of course, that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t go on holiday at all, but rather that you should forgo waiting around at the airport and worrying about your passport in favour of holidaying in the UK. With swathes of beautiful countryside, a plethora of landmarks and miles upon miles of shoreline, the UK has everything you could possibly need to make a staycation memorable, enjoyable and relaxing....

By Steve Taggart As someone who lives in London, it’s fair to say that I have a lot of insider knowledge to share when it comes to navigating the city, what to do and how to keep costs low. If you are thinking of visiting London in 2016, I’ve put together my top tips especially for you. If you live in London, this post will hopefully inspire you to explore your hometown in more detail. 1) Get An Oyster Card...

If you are thinking of heading to Bath for a few days’ holiday, or maybe you are looking to spend a week or so and really explore the city and the South West, then Bath has some fantastic places to stay, from boutique hotels through to luxury private holiday homes and apartments. With so much choice, it can be hard to find the right property to stay in, as even with the Internet making finding accommodation so much easier these...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor  Wonder what a safari guy does in his time off? This seal dive in Cape Town was just the ticket and Simonstown seemed like a perfectly good place to launch the boat from bearing in mind that's the same place you launch to go out on a cage dive with great whites, especially seeing as seals are the great whites favourite prey species and you're about to go in the water with them for the...

by Adam Turner If you’re looking for a Spanish city where you can drink cocktails out of jam jars, and party all night until the rubber on the souls on your Dr Martens melt into the dancefloor…I probably wouldn’t recommend Seville. Spain’s fourth largest city isn’t as cosmopolitan or vibrant as the likes of Barcelona or Madrid just yet. However, if you look hard enough you’ll find some absolute gems and I was lucky enough to be shown some of...

Riding on the back of the digital revolution, e-sports have massively gained in popularity over the last decade and a half. An incredible 205 million people either took part in or were spectators in e-sports during 2014. While in the past much of the growing audience has been based in Asia, now, Europe and North America are now beginning to pick up the pace and embrace e-sports as enthusiastically as their cousins overseas. So, what does this mean for Las...