Nick Redman

2 months ago | dailymail.co.uk | Nick Redman

Bristol’s the biz for a glam weekend (trains from London Paddington from £74.60 return, gwr.com), and Artist Residence, a Grade 1-listed Bath stone townhouse on a Georgian square, is your dream base (doubles from £160; artistresidence.co.uk). Rooms evoke the Provençal pad of an arty aristo who ditched a dull husband for life with a French lover (rolltop tubs, wicker lamps, distressed dressers, lavender).

2 months ago | worldfinancialreview.com | Nick Redman

By Nick RedmanA Covid hangover combined with more persistent economy-sapping problems are likely to see  governments in the West losing power in elections across 2025, just as they did last year. And unless incumbents manage to tackle the root causes of incumbency curse, it could be around for some time.

Jul 18, 2024 | thetimes.com | Nick Redman

The words “hiking” and “romantic” rarely inhabit the same sentence, but when Cinque Terre in Italy is the subject, there’s no avoiding them. Forget windswept highlands and soggy B&B cornflakes — this ten-mile stretch of the Ligurian coast, halfway between Pisa and Genoa, is as cinematic as it gets. Picture rainbow hamlets sprinkled like Renaissance Lego over headlands and slopes; dips in deep cool coves; and dinners on dizzyingly high terraces with wines from vertiginous local vineyards.

May 28, 2024 | thetimes.co.uk | Nick Redman

Malta’s position — in the Mediterranean between Sicily and north Africa — guarantees cockle-warming seasonal sunshine. Another byproduct of its location is architecture, food and culture informed by civilisations past. Churches rise dramatically on horizons, small towns have fascinating mazes of backstreets, and restaurants — whether simple sea-front tavernas or high-end establishments — serve delicious dishes based around fish, rabbit and pasta.

May 17, 2024 | dailymail.co.uk | Nick Redman

Bottom line Four hours from the UK, Istanbul is a great world metropolis. Gathered east and west of the blue Bosphorus Strait, it’s faintly San Francisco in its setting: Golden-Gate-shaped bridges even link the European and Asian sides. There’s a whiff of Cairo and Athens in its spiritual antiquity, Lisbon in the hip food scene, London in the cooler cocktail bars and, on elegant uptown streets, Madrid. Storyline This is a tale of three cities.