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  • The Telegraph

    The best hotels in Lisbon with a swimming pool

    The flip side of Lisbon’s famously sunny weather is the need to make sure your hotel has a swimming pool, especially in the heat of July and August. Somewhere to plunge into after pounding the cobbled streets and climbing up and down a few of Lisbon’s seven hills. Even better, settle down poolside with a crisp, chilled Portuguese wine and soak up the sounds and sights (for many pools are rooftop) of this ancient capital.

  • The Telegraph

    The truth about women and emotional eating

    It’s the classic image of a lonely woman: Bridget Jones, wrapped in a duvet and clutching a half-eaten tub of Ben & Jerry’s.

  • The Telegraph

    Laufey interview: ‘If you date me, I may write a song about you’

    Laufey is standing by a window on the first floor of the Roundhouse, waving regally at the hundreds of fans below who have gathered early for her show at the north London venue. “Oh my god,” she says, “I feel like a queen”. Later, when she is on stage, those same fans will sing along tunefully and roar enthusiastically; some will even let out a scream. If Laufey were the latest big thing in pop, none of this would seem surprising – but when was the last time you heard someone scream at a jazz gi