Posted on July 10, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Of all our European cousins, it’s the French that we probably have the most preconceived ideas about.  Who could blame us?  For years holiday brochures, comic strips and bad-sitcoms have been bombarding us with more “ooh la las!”, croissants and garlic-strung bicycles than you could shake a French stick at.  Over at the Telegraph they’ve gone to great lengths to lay [...]

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

And so this is summer and what have you done?  You’ve moaned about the weather every single day.  The only paddling you’ve done is through puddles of mucky rainwater.  You’ve more chance of getting a tan under the lamps of an outdoor patio heater, which has probably been switched on ALL DAY. EVERY DAY. SINCE JUNE. It’s not too [...]

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

The era of bargain basement flights is well and truly over and it’s nothing to do with the recession. European airlines will no longer be able to advertise misleading 99p or €1 fares on their websites or in their brochures, under legislation approved by MEPs yesterday. By the end of this year all displayed fares [...]