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A selection of features, columns and reviews across travel, culture and comedy — in the UK national press, consumer magazines and the trade.
At 54, a post-divorce gap year in South America took me back to my 20s
Pisco sours, cholitas wrestling and 500 miles across the world's largest salt flat — gap year 2.0, one year post-divorce.
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Soles to Soul Care for Trauma and AuDHD — Episode 130
Late ADHD, cabin Basil, graveyards, sea swimming — an hour with Eve Menezes Cunningham.
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I took my daughter on a bucket list European river cruise
Four countries, six cities and a lot of schnapps: Tracey and daughter Lola do the Danube by Viking longship.
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I've travelled solo for decades — these adventures offer friendship and freedom
Ten group trips for solo travellers, from Kyushu to Kyrgyzstan — Explore reports a 33% jump in solo bookings.
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I'm a solo travel expert — six of the best holidays to go on by yourself
Solo bookings are up 83%. Tracey picks six of the best, from a Greek beachfront to the Taj Mahal.
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UK seaside resort rivalling Margate with Eurovision singer-owned museum & world's biggest Wetherspoons
Furby organs, WW2 tunnels and the world's biggest Spoons: Tracey's Ramsgate weekend for The Sun.
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I went to the UK attraction named the best in the WORLD — and it's had a £3m upgrade
Britannia in Leith — freshly voted world's best attraction — with the piano bolted to the floor and Philip's painting deck.
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I found six hotels that have killed off sunbed wars for good
A German tourist won €1,000 over the dawn dash. Six hotels that beat the towel wars — with sunbeds to spare.
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I spent the weekend at Alabama's astronaut training camp — and you can too
Adult Space Camp in Huntsville: bratwurst, mission simulators and the multi-axis trainer. Tracey earns her wings for The Sunday Times.
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I visited the famous forest that inspired Winnie the Pooh — and keeps kids entertained as much as Disneyland
Ashdown Forest at 100: the real Hundred Acre Wood, Poohsticks Bridge and honey on Pooh-shaped toast.
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My marriage ended after 22 years — and I now know this disorder was to blame
The same day Tracey's 22-year marriage was dissolved, she was diagnosed with ADHD. For the Daily Mail, a raw look at what women in midlife are finally naming.
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I explored the gothic English region where Wuthering Heights was filmed — with cosy pubs and scenic train rides
Yorkshire Dales in Wuthering Heights weather: England's most scenic railway, Malham Cove and a Sportsman Inn wobble.
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Why St Pete-Clearwater tops the list for a Florida family holiday
The 35-mile Gulf Coast peninsula that gives Orlando a run for its money — 768 sunshine days, dolphin pods and the Pink Palace.
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15 of the best dog-friendly hotels in the New Forest
15 New Forest hotels for the dog: treehouses at Chewton Glen, sausage vouchers at Balmer Lawn, a welcome letter from the resident hound.
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It's showtime in Andalucía! How I found my voice on a musical theatre retreat
A week at a Spanish singing retreat with a former Les Mis music director — and a Friday-night concert to survive.
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I've read Rivals 40 times — this Cotswolds town is the perfect filming location
Tetbury done up as Jilly Cooper's Cotchester for Disney+'s Rivals — with Miss Babs romping through Silk Wood.
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A Mamma Mia-themed family holiday on Greece's most gorgeous island
Trailing ITV's Mamma Mia! reboot around Corfu with the twins: Kassiopi, Kalami and one very abandoned mountain village.
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I took my daughter to Greece — and saw the world through a 17-year-old's eyes
An off-season mum-and-daughter trip to Kos: Hippocrates, Mamma Mia! tears, and Greek salad and chips.
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'Probably our most successful holiday': surfing and camping in Biarritz with three teenagers
Bongo camper, three teenagers, France's Atlantic coast — and Biarritz's surf schools doing the heavy lifting.
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'I wasn't buying a van, I was buying a lifestyle' – How minivan camping holidays became cool
Meet the Bongonauts: chopsticks in the glove box, Miss Babs on the back seat, and a camping community cosier than a pixie's pocket.
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Tasting the champagne lifestyle in France (on a cider budget)
How to do St Tropez, superyachts and Pampelonne Beach on a cider budget — with the twins in the back of a battered Mazda.
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A postcard from Torquay, as the English Riviera struggles to find its feet
Boarded-up B&Bs, an empty carousel and the world's best breakfast — a lockdown-summer dispatch from the English Riviera.
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How to spend 48 hours in Palm Springs
Palm Springs in 48 hours: Rat Pack tiki bars, Sinatra's pool, and a mid-century modern architecture tour.
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Great British Boltholes: Beadnell Towers, Northumberland
Northumberland bolthole: 18 country-house-Liberty rooms, kippers for breakfast, and Beadnell Bay a mile off the door.
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