Ruth loves to travel and loves to write. Director of social media at Citypress, she enjoys nothing more than escape, live music and very good food.
You know those chocolate chip cookies that you get in the supermarket in the little paper bags? The ones that are crispy on the outside but chewy and soft in the middle? Well these are…
If you’re anything like me, you’ll be dreaming of your first getaway in the glorious, but seemingly-far-off world of “post-Lockdown.” If that’s you, I’d suggest you centre the object of your holiday fantasies on Villa…
In a torrential downpour, we drove from Manchester to Devizes – city ebbing away into countryside as the rain beat down hard. Our destination? Devizes Marina – a peaceful mooring station filled with brightly coloured…
I rarely go to a city that I could see myself living in, but Lisbon is one of them. New York is the other… We went for a sun-soaked four-day break last June with our…
Ambleside looks like a chocolate-box Lake District town at Christmas – adorned with twinkling lights, bursting with good restaurants and full to the brim with present inspiration, with its mix of outdoor and independent shops….
Akajima island (or Aka to those in the know) lies off the coast of Okinawa, which itself lies off the coast of mainland Japan. Home to 250 people and a whole lot of wildlife, it’s…
Fushimi Inari was one of my highlights during a two-week Japan getaway- an ancient pathway of bright orange torii gates and shrines, just a five-minute-train-journey from Kyoto Station. I’d wanted to see it for myself…
The Isle of Iona can be discovered a 10-minute ferry from the Isle of Mull, which is in turn, an hour ferry from mainland Scotland. In its sleepy, far-flung corner of the world, it sits…
Brunch is by far my favourite meal of the day. There’s a lazy indulgence in having enough free time to banish the usual three-meal schedule. Brunch allows you the lie-in that breakfast doesn’t and the…
My friend Katie and I were busy getting lost in Rome when we stumbled, quite literally, across the most incredible little trattoria, La Prosciutteria. It was so incredible that I need to share it with…
New Orleans is a city that pulses with energy, exuding life and supreme coolness with every southern-soaked beat. Me and my friend Hayley based ourselves at the India House Hostel for our stay – a…
The Waiting Room sits above Staward Gorge and Allen Banks in Northumberland, overlooking the railway line of Staward Station. The station hasn’t seen a train for 66 years but the lovingly-restored Waiting Room still provides a…