London’s Best Rooftops This Summer
The weather gods are up to mischief: Spring sprung in the warmest ever February; fooled us it was summer at Easter; then switched to winter for the May Bank Hols.…
Gill Martin
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Gill Martin is an award winning travel writer and former Fleet Street journalist – Daily Mail reporter, Daily Express feature writer and Sunday Mirror Woman's Editor.
She is a freelance writer for national newspapers from the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph to tabloids, magazines, regional newspapers and websites.
After a six month career break after the Indian Ocean tsunami where she volunteered as a communications consultant in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for Plan, the children's charity, she is now focused on travel.
From skiing everywhere from Kashmir to Argentina, Morocco to Turkey, North America and all over Europe; snow shoeing in Canada; captain of the GB team of the Ski Club of International Journalists; whitewater rafting down the Zambezi; electric mountain biking in Switzerland and cycling in Portugal; Kenyan and South African safaris; riding elephants in India and horses in Brazil; paint balling in Romania; opera and archeology in Serbia; Caribbean snorkelling; sampling food and wine in Italy.
Adrenalin-Fuelled Fun in Madeira
The choice was between tobogganing headlong down a steep street or heading into a stiff wind on a whale-watching boat trip around the volcanic island of Madeira, known as the…
The Art of Wine with Brancott Estate
How do you choose your bottle of wine when faced with a mystifying range of red, whites, roses, sparkling, organic, vegan with prices from bargain basement plonk to high end…
Cabaret Chaos with Little Death Club
Cabaret chaos comes to London and has landed on the South Bank with an orgasmic splash. The Underbelly Festival, which runs till September 29, has erected the Spiegeltent to host…
A Flying Visit to Windsor
It’s on every tourists’ top ten must-visit attractions along with the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace. And, since the wedding of Harry and Meghan at St George’s Chapel, Windsor…
A Super Happy Story at The Vaults
It should be available on the NHS – it would save a fortune on Prozac prescriptions. A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is a sparky, sparkling comedy about…
Culture, Clubs, & Carnivorous Feasts in Serbia
Belle About Town visits Belgrade and finds a city saturated with culture, clubs, and carnivorous feasts
Packing A Punch with Flavour at Soho Wala
English tea with cupcakes delicately arranged on stands, shots of vodka with tamarind, Cobra beer and biryani. We discovered this schizophrenic mix of tastes in what used to be Marlborough…
Review: Cheating Death at The Cockpit Theatre
A clutch of unlikely characters collide in a farcical romp that explores sex, lust, greed, exploitation and violence. Cheating Death at The Cockpit is a black comedy with plenty of laughs.
Feeling The Love at Beso, Covent Garden
Beso is Spanish for kiss. And from the body language of the young couple at the next table of the Moorish restaurant of the same name a kiss was certainly…