We only missed a complete dumping by about 25 miles, but with the last couple of days looking as Christmas-beautiful as this it's hard to complain too much about our meagre inch [...]

"Halfway down Talaa Kebira, another sheep is parked, tied to a breezeblock while its new owner gets a haircut." Sheep slaughter, food and festivities in Fes's medina - my column in today's Independent [...]

St George’s Driving School in East Sussex is a great place to learn to drive, with loads of experience, a high pass rate and a patient and friendly instructor. They offer door-to-door

Cafe Clock, in Fes, Morocco, is the city's (and perhaps the country's) best cafe: a social nexus as well as a great place for a coffee or a camel burger. Last week [...]

My current project is a new book on Marrakech, Essaouira and the Atlas for Footprint. I just spent two weeks out there finding some new places, taking photos and meeting some great [...]

Many raw charts on which weather forecasters base predictions are freely available on the internet, notably on wetterzentrale. The site is badly formatted for iPhones, however, so I've written a free web [...]