The end of November usually sees the arrival of Christmas markets in cities across the UK, and aside from the odd one like Edinburgh’s Christmas and London’s Winter Wonderland, they only last a couple of weeks before disappearing in early December. This year though for Christmas 2020, and like ...
I usually like to go up to Newcastle early morning at a weekend to see Fenwick’s window, a few days after it has been unveiled, but this year like 250,000 people all all over the world I watched the virtual event that was live streamed on Facebook on Sunday night. This year the Fenwick’s window ...
I thought I’d do my monthly round up a little early this year, as I always feel like from the end of December you should look forwards to the next year rather than backwards. It would seem a bit wrong to talk about all my festive goings on once Christmas is over too, so here’s my December…
The most Christmassy place I’ve ever been. Thats the summarised version basically. The quaintest most surreal theme park and gardens that I’ve ever experienced are just ten times more of that at Christmas time. I knew it would be, but Christmas at Tivoli was every bit as festive as I hoped.
‘Go on then it’s Christmas’ can now officially be used as an excuse – for anything. Drinking midweek (not that it stopped me before), helping yourself to an extra mince pie or swiftly giving up on your Christmas shopping in favour of the nearest bar. Most places have launched their ...
A magical city at any time of year, Paris takes it to a whole new level at Christmas time. I first went a few years ago back when one of the main Christmas markets lined the Champs Elysees, but due to issues with landowner disagreements, the market has since been moved to the Tuileries Gardens ...