Words | Jeremy Wade During the summer season, Nile perch move into shallow waters – and as Ernest Hemingway once discovered, are ripe for the fishing AFTER TWO HOURS, it wasn’t just the rod that was groaning. The man hanging onto it was begging the fish to give up. We could do nothing but douse him with water and shield him from the [...]

Words | Sandra Rehme Move over Berlin. Cologne is where it’s at when it comes to a vibrant German art scene. In fact, with its numerous commercial and public galleries – not to mention its music and fashion scene – it really does rival the capital’s cultural chutzpah MENTION COLOGNE, OR Köln, and the first things that come to mind [...]

Interview | John Millar Pierce Brosnan surrendered the role of James Bond but came out fighting. But who could have guessed that his new creative outlet would be singing Abba songs? voyager met the actor as he awaited this month’s movie release of Mamma Mia! PIERCE BROSNAN IS in the process of reinventing himself, with a little help from Abba. He can’t [...]

Interview | Sophy Grimshaw He Has Already Acted Opposite Robert De Niro And Angelina Jolie. Now The Young British Actor Tells Voyager About Playing Julianne Moore’s Troubled Son In New Movie Savage Grace You and Julianne Moore play a dysfunctional mother and son in Savage Grace, which tells the true story of the wealthy American Baekeland family. Was it a challenging [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw If you fancy doing something a bit different, a visit to one of these clever conversions might just be the thing London From Bath House To Restaurant Looking at the exterior, it’s not a surprise to learn that Ciro’s Pizza Pomodoro restaurant in London was at one point a Victorian bath house. The Old Broad Street Turkish Baths were [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw You’ve heard of surfing and may have already tried out snowboarding – now it’s time for sandboarding Nevada, USA In Fallon, Nevada, is Sand Mountain, a local legend. A million-year-old natural feature, the 400ft sand dune has become a leisure destination for off-road drivers and sandboarders. There’s even a charity dedicated to keeping the mountain tiptop, Friends of Sand Mountain (www.sandmountain-nv.org). If [...]

Words: Mark Shenton voyager’s guide to enjoying your time in Las Vegas, including all the best and newest things to do in the world’s ultimate playground TOUCHDOWN In Las Vegas, gambling starts the moment you land at McCarran International Airport; the first of nearly 200,000 slot machines in the city is waiting before you even retrieve your luggage. The Strip, as Las [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw Greenwich Wheel Move over London Eye; the Maritime Greenwich Observation Wheel is the newest addition to the capital’s skyline. Visitors can ride the wheel up to 55m for panoramic views of St Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London to the west and the new Olympics site in the east. It is hoped it will help maintain interest in the [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw If you’re looking for escapism in the hothouse of Brussels’ financial district, our pick of the restaurants in this neighbourhood is Cospaia. Interior designer Marcel Wolterinck, who specialises in other-worldly designs, has punctuated the chic, high-ceilinged rooms with ornamental tree trunks, while the private dining room is lined with black velvet. Light lunch dishes and seafood dominate [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw, Adrian Mourby After an 18-month renovation period, the Carlton Hotel St Moritz reopened last month. The smallest luxury hotel in St Moritz (about a two-and-a-half hour drive from Zurich or 30 minutes by helicopter if you’re flash), the 60 rooms have been brought bang up-to-date by the recent facelift. The new colour scheme includes citrus greens and [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw 1st BE A BEACH BUM 18 July-17 August Every July and August the residents of Brussels enjoy summer fun on an artificially created sandy beach. Bruxelles les bain is the venue for sporting action, barbecues and live music, every day except Mondays at Place Sainctelette and rue de la Dyle (take the metro to Ribaucourt or Yser-User); www.bruxelleslesbains.be GET YOUR JAZZ SHOES [...]

Words: James Knight SET UP A LITTLE over a year ago to shake up a city they loved, Londonbased arts collective Real Gold has rapidly established itself as a dynamic, multimedia organisation that has already won a high-profile following. A record label, fashion brand and club-night organiser, Real Gold’s members pooled their creative talents to put their socialising to good [...]