Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
1. Comfortable, wearable shoes Let’s begin with Birkenstocks, the 250-year-old German footwear brand so good that Goethe dedicated a poem to it. Their “anatomically shaped insoles” […]
Christmas is coming, and we will soon be thinking of original gift ideas for friends, family and colleagues. The shops will soon be overflowing with the […]
London’s Olympic Park could soon become home to a new 440-metre-long zipline. Plans to install a wire from the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower as a tourist attraction […]
It’s Halloween season, and the search for the scariest horror movies and the spookiest scare parks is on. But there are plenty of places around the […]
Autumn is just around the corner, bringing with it the crisp air, cosy sweaters, and, of course, the dazzling transformation of fall foliage. To help travellers […]
Buckingham Palace is preparing to mark a new festive milestone this year with the opening of its first-ever Christmas pop-up shop. For the first time in […]
Although September has only just started, 2026 is getting closer and closer. Many are already planning ahead, and that certainly is the case for those who […]
From sugar highs to adrenaline highs, one of Scotland’s most significant historic dockyards could become home to the United Kingdom’s longest urban zipline, if redevelopment plans […]
One of the world’s most famous waterfalls has gained a new attraction designed to take visitors on a virtual fly-over of its thundering cascades. The Table […]
On 27 August, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of its first published volume, Guinness World Records (GWR) unveiled a list of 70 new unclaimed records, marking […]
In the latest instance of plane passengers being subjected to an unexpected event on during their flight, a couple has conducted their wedding on board a […]
Brussels Airport, Belgium’s biggest international aviation hub, receives 70,000 to 80,000 international travellers a day. On 21 July, as Belgium celebrates its National Day, the airport […]
UNO, the beloved family card game known for its colour-matching chaos and friendship-testing reverse cards, is heading to Las Vegas. Toy and entertainment company Mattel has […]
The creation of a “first-of-its-kind” pool allowing New Yorkers to experience once more what it’s like to swim in the East River, is now underway. Already […]