Cathy Adams
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Waterproof Backpacks
OverBoard Pro Sports Waterproof Backpack, £49.49With much of the UK under water, this OverBoard waterproof rucksack might just be the answer to your damp b
Published: Friday 28th February 2014
Wearable Tech
Panasonic A100 wearable camcorder, £299.99If the only reason you've never done a skydive is that you'd have no way to record it, get a new excuse. Strap the ne
Published: Tuesday 25th February 2014
Winging It: Rio de Janeiro
The biggest and best carnival on earth returns for another year at the end of the month – expect samba schools, floats and industrial quantities of face paint to descend on the greatest city on earth for a massive five-day party.Published: Friday 21st February 2014
National Geographic: Around The World in 125 Years
These stunning shots are from National Geographic’s Around The World in 125 Years – published by TASCHEN – a three-volume collection of its iconic photogr
Published: Friday 21st February 2014
Walking In The Footsteps Of Captain Scott
Recreating Captain Scott's fateful journey to the South Pole more than a century ago takes guts. But it's what British polar explorer Ben Saunders has just done
Published: Friday 7th February 2014
Ice To See You, Harbin
Do: Harbin International Ice & Snow Festival, until 28 FebruaryWhen the weather's this bleak in the UK, Harbin (where the mercury touches -30º regularly) c
Published: Friday 7th February 2014
Meet London's New Yacht Hotel
We've heard of hotels on various modes of transport before: the best example being the hotel housed in a jumbo in Stockholm. The new Sunborn London hotel carrie
Published: Wednesday 5th February 2014
African New Year
Now's the best time of the year to visit Africa – the heat has cooled and the rains are yet to start. Judging by these images, part of the African Travel &
Published: Friday 31st January 2014
Colourful Cameras
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT5, £299.99There's not much that this waterproof compact can't do. One, it's in the jazziest shade of blue, and two, it's got 16.1m megap
Published: Friday 31st January 2014
Winging It: Sydney
DO: Australia Day, 25-27 JanuaryGreedy Australia gets a whole 24 hours to itself for its national day on 26 January, so widely celebrated that you'll be hard p
Published: Friday 31st January 2014
Winging It: Barcelona
DO: Barcelona carnival, 27 February – 3 MarchBarcelona doesn't really need a dedicated carnival, as every day in the Catalonian capital is fiesta time. But f
Published: Friday 31st January 2014
Fancy A Helicopter Ride Over London?
We know it's only London, but any city looks great when you're travelling by private chopper, right?Charter firm PrivateFly has launched special Valentine's Day
Published: Thursday 30th January 2014
Get Decked Out In Colour
Antler Juno large suitcase, £139In a range of super bright colours, the new Juno range from luggage juggernaut Antler hits stores next week. Thanks to its elec
Published: Thursday 23rd January 2014
Weird World: Olney, Illinois
And you thought your local park had a squirrel problem. Olney in Illinois has around 200 pure white 'albino' squirrels, with special permissions: they have righ
Published: Thursday 23rd January 2014
American Places And Faces
From 29 January to 28 February, the Terrace Grill & Bar at Piccadilly's Le Méridien hotel is exhibiting American Places and Faces, a collection of 50 photo
Published: Thursday 23rd January 2014
Andrew Esiebo: Pride
These colourful images are from Tiwani Contemporary's Pride by Nigerian photographer Andrew Esiebo. Showing the relationship between hairstyles and identities,
Published: Thursday 16th January 2014
Banff Mountain Film Festival
Got your mountain spirit but nowhere to go this winter? If that's the case, the Banff Mountain Festival is at hand, and will hit UK screens from 30 January to 1
Published: Monday 13th January 2014
Weird: Thames Town, China
With tudor fronting, a classic English pub and a red telephone box, Thames Town looks like it could be another Home Counties suburb. Or does it?
Published: Thursday 9th January 2014
Winging It: Delhi
DO: India Art Fair, 30 January – 2 FebruaryNow in its sixth edition, this leading international art fair presents a wealth of modern and contemporary art from