Our resident gadget expert Camilla Chafer gets her hands on five hot products and rates their must-have credentials 1 My Health Coach The nation seems to have gone fitness-computergame crazy and My Health Coach, developed for the Nintendo DS Lite, is the latest to hit the market. It’s incredibly simple to use. Just carry the included pedometer around with you [...]

Interview: Sophy Grimshaw As she tunes up for the summer music festivals, the Glasgow Lass talks to Voyager about her number one album, this is the life, and her plans for the future You turn 21 this month and already you have had a number one album. How does that feel? I’ve always loved music and feel privileged to [...]

Writer Antonia Hart, who grew up in Dublin’s city centre, explains why there’s more to the ‘new Dublin’ than meets the eye – or stomach YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN for thinking that Dublin’s character has been diluted lately, by the same high street shops and restaurant chains that threaten to make the UK’s cities blandly uniform. Local government attempts at creating [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw August is here and it’s time to get out and catch some sun. Top up your vitamin D at some of these hot outdoor locations Jolly Beach, Antigua Maybe it’s the scent of tropical flowers on the breeze, the candy pink wooden beach huts shaded by palms, or the pale white sand that evokes those TV ads for Bounty bars; [...]

Words: Susie Stubbs Gardening is officially cool. The city that sets the fashion and music trends which the rest of the country keeps a close eye on is hosting a special type of hoedown MANCHESTER IS RENOWNED for many things, but it’s fair to say that until now, greenery wasn’t on its shortlist of attractions. That’s set to change, however, [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw NEW OPENING IN LONDON French Café French Café is the new shopping theme at London concept store Few and Far [242 Brompton Road, London, +44 (0)20 7225 7070; www.fewandfar.net ].The shop, which opened earlier this year, is the project of Priscilla Carluccio (wife of restaurateur Antonio Carluccio and sister of Terence Conran). Few and Far sells [...]

Words: Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey Hanover, on the banks of the River Leine, is a great city break destination or base from which to explore the medieval charms of the Lower Saxony region TOUCHDOWN In Hanover, nothing is on a small scale. The exhibition centre in Mittelfeld district is the largest in the world, attracting 2.5 million visitors to trade and cultural events every [...]

Hot dining at Iglu With a band of loyal patrons and warm reviews in publications like Edinburgh’s essential cultural guide The List, “ethical eaterie” Iglu is obviously doing something right. “Over the last two and a half years we’ve evolved from a student pub into a trendy bar and then into an excellent restaurant that has a good bar attached,” says [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw Dead relaxing If you’re tight on time in Jordan you could still fit in all of the major sights on a three-day local tour, organised by the Kempinksi Hotel Ishtar in Amman. Not your usual sight-seeing trip, it includes one hotel-based day for helping you gently acclimatise to the Dead Sea in fresh water swimming pools and [...]

Writer and keen swimmer Nicola Joyce loves Jersey’s beaches so much that this time last year she swam the island’s entire 44-mile coastline in one go – a 12-hour endeavour. Here’s her guide to outdoor swimming around the island, where the sea temperature can climb to a delightful 20°C in late summer. There’s a bathing adventure to suit [...]

Words: Sophy Grimshaw Tut’s new hut If you enjoyed the exhibition Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at The O2 in London (running until 30 August 2008), you may want to follow this up with a trip to the new Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo. The world’s largest Egyptology museum is scheduled to open [...]

Words: Karen Carmichael 1st ROCK OUT 1-3 Catch Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, Wilco, Gnarls Barkley, Cat Power and many more big acts at Lollapalooza, the three-day rock music festival in Chicago.Tickets cost from $190; www.lollapalooza.com GET SPORTY 5-29 Young athletes can gain new skills in football, cricket and netball from iconic sports players at the Barbados Sports Camp, just outside of Bridgetown. Star coaches include [...]