BBC Travel • 15th November 2024

A 'crazy town looking to go fossil free': Sweden's wooden city that was green before Greta

In the 1,000-year-old Swedish city of Växjö, historic glassmaking heritage is now matched by changemaking as a global leader in eco-friendly urban builds and energy generation.

Countryfile • 16th October 2024

Countryfile - Meet Britain's remarkable touring theatre companies

From riverside nooks to barns and underpasses, a host of British theatrical troupes are bringing theatre to remarkable spots.

The Times • 27th August 2024

The underrated crowd-free alternatives to Venice

Foodie powerhouse Bologna sits 50 miles to the west; cultural corker Florence 90 miles southwest; needs-no-adjective Venice 90 miles to the north. But choose instead Ravenna and its little canal-laced coastal neighbour Comacchio and you’ll find this distinctive pairing mixes the magical elements of all three — but without the throngs.

BBC Travel • 25th July 2024

Lausanne: The Swiss city that runs the Olympics

In the 1890s, when French baron Pierre de Coubertin set about reviving the ancient Greek sporting games first recorded at Olympia in 776 BCE, he thought of following classical precedent and giving his modern Olympics a single permanent location too. But though the Games became a globe-trotting extravaganza, Coubertin still made the Swiss city of Lausanne the Olympic Capital...

BBC Travel • 8th May 2024

Labyrinth walking: An ancient activity that could help ease anxiety

Labyrinths have been used worldwide for centuries as a way to quieten the mind, ease anxiety, recover life balance, enhance creativity and boost insights. Norman Miller follows their past and present paths.

Delicious • 1st May 2024

A cosy Neuk

A quiet fishing haven, the East Neuk of Fife on the east coast of Scotland produces some of the nation’s finest ingredients from both land and sea. Norman Miller explores its pretty coastal villages.

Discover Britain magazine • 30th April 2024

Britain’s brilliant Basketry

How Sussex has become a hot spot for a basket making tradition dating back thousands of years.

BBC World's Table • 26th April 2024

From Ancient Egypt to Roman Britain, brewers are reviving beers from the past

Some of the most interesting beers made in recent years provide a drinkable window into human history. These so-called "rebrews" of age-old ales were once savoured in places ranging from Ancient Egypt and Greece to Celtic and Viking Europe.

BBC Culture • 30th December 2023

The Wicker Man: The disturbing cult British classic that can't be defined

Crime thriller, disturbing fantasy, or folk horror – the 1973 cult hit The Wicker Man refuses categorisation. Norman Miller explores its complexities.

The Sunday Times • 18th December 2023

The European city with cutting-edge art and music — just an hour away

Springboard for pioneering bands such as NEU! and Kraftwerk — as well as Germany’s finest contemporary artists including Joseph Beuys and Gerhard Richter — Düsseldorf brims with creative energy alongside its seven centuries of history.

BBC Travel • 7th November 2023

Essen: Germany's 'ugly duckling' city success

Located in the heart of western Germany's long-time industrial Ruhr region, the city of Essen spent much of the past 150 years marred by pollution, tainted by filthy mines and belching factories and lined by poisoned waterways. But a remarkable transformation has seen Essen go from being Germany's ugly duckling to being a European pathfinder for urban ecological transformation...

BBC Travel • 24th October 2023

Corsica's Trinicellu: Europe's magnificent €50 train

It may not be well known to most visitors, but Corsica offers one of Europe's finest - and cheapest - train odysseys...

Daily Telegraph • 18th July 2023

‘If Edinburgh had a love child with Brighton'

Norman Miller spotlights Dunedin as a wonderful - but overlooked - New Zealand city getaway.

Hakai Magazine • 12th July 2023

The Problem with Boating’s High-Fiberglass Diet

NORMAN MILLER picks up the story of the alarming - but overlooked - source of global marine pollution.

Delicious • 24th May 2023

Style By The Sea

Fringed with harbours and Baltic inlets, Helsinki is stuffed with glorious architecture and home to world-renowned design. As Norman Miller discovers, the food is elegantly put together too...

Daily Telegraph • 20th May 2023

Why West Wittering’s secret seaside neighbour is an ideal summer escape

Norman Miller spotlights a fascinating West Sussex coastal hideaway away from the crowds.

BBC.com • 15th May 2023

A new life for London's lost rivers

Few visitors know that London has 640km of waterways – and there's a serious movement taking place to restore these "blue corridors" to their former glory.... Buried rivers have returned to the light, while others are being rewilded in ways that will improve the lives and environment of millions of people.

SilverKris • 4th April 2023

Meet New Zealand's Maori winemakers

There are powerful distractions when sampling wine at The Canyon, the seductive wave-shaped black timber tasting room at Tarras Vineyards. While savouring its award-winning pinot noir, admire how its curves echo the backdrop of the muscular Central Otago mountains, framing a wide green canyon below. And then reflect on how the wine in your glass is also a liquid window into inspirational indigenous values.

BBC Travel • 22nd March 2023

Toheroa: A fabled shellfish that nearly vanished

As food obsessions go, how about the American who allegedly tried to buy New Zealand in order to gain exclusive rights to a special soup? Norman Miller delves into the toheroa story.

BBC Travel • 23rd September 2022

How Brighton & Hove became Britain's greenest food city

Long known as a progressive beacon, Brighton & Hove is quickly becoming a global model of food sustainability.