A Sunderland composer has come up with his contender for a holiday hit - 50 years after he had his own Spanish adventure. Derek Buckham has looked back on the year that he and four other young Wearsiders rented a Spanish villa. His reflections come at the same time as he released his latest song on social media, called Have A Holiday. Five decades ago, five Sunderland lads didn’t have enough money to fly to Spain despite having booked a villa there. So they took a car on the 1,150 mile journey...
A buzzy town prom, plates of moules with chilled rosé and cycle rides to sandy beaches on Cap Ferret add up to happy holidays on the Atlantic coastThe Bay of Arcachon, on the south-west coast of France, is a happy place. It must be, because I’ve been visiting it with my family nearly every year for the past 15 years. We usually rent a small apartment in Arcachon town for four or five days, but such is the draw that we have been known to make a two-hour drive just to spend the day there when...
The bank holiday weekend is nearly here. And after some warmer weather over
Pizzas, aperitivos and a big sandy beach add to the offbeat charm of this Adriatic resort townI hadn’t heard of Pesaro before my ex-flatmate sent me there in summer 2018. I was writing a book at the time, and Giulia reckoned the best place for me to do such work was in her grandad’s old flat, a modest unit in a block put up in 1946, during the short reign of Umberto II. It had lain empty since her nonno – Dottor Spinicci – died of liver failure, having failed to take his own medicine.The flat’s...
Taapsee Pannu's wedding to longtime boyfriend Mathias Boe has been making waves, with intimate ceremony photos circulating on social media. Following the nuptials, she's embarked on a vacation to Amsterdam, sharing a series of photos from her trip on social media. The actress took to Instagram to share the pictures from her trip and wrote , “My kind of Amsterdam. Canal, cycling and sibling .” . Taapsee chose a white long jacket paired with a black T-shirt and blue denims for the outing while...
Tyrese Maxey isn’t signed yet to an extension because Philadelphia has hopes of signing a star in free agency to add alongside him and Joel Embiid. There were designs on pursuing guard Jrue H
Between Saturday 4th May – Monday 6th May, Fort Kinnaird’s shopping hours will be: Opening hours at individual retailers may vary and visitors are advised to check with retailers directly before setting off to avoid disappointment. Leisure and restaurants will continue normal trading hours. Liam Smith, centre director at Fort Kinnaird, said: “There’s lots on offer at Fort Kinnaird for those looking for a way to spend the bank holiday with their friends or family. From a spot of shopping at big...
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The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, May 1, 2024, as a public
The holiday let boom has changed the face of the Capital’s tourism economy in the last 15 years – but in that time those behind their rise have remained largely a mystery. That has all changed, thanks largely to a crackdown launched by Edinburgh City Council, and backed by the Scottish Government, amid a rising housing crisis and concerns about the impact these holiday lets were having on the city. And after a painstaking, three-month investigation digging into the details on some of the...
During the second Faculty Senate this spring, members passed a motion to change the autumn start date to Tuesdays during years in which the first day of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur conflicts with the traditional Monday start. They also considered how to manage campus protest activities.
For those planning a long weekend getaway, drivers need to be aware of the roadworks in place