Pamela Goodman

Mike is hoping to rewire relationships with his family on an extended trip to Africa – but he’s not the only one hunting for a new connection…

The massage tables are turned when a godmother takes her bohemian BFF’s teen daughter under her wing. Words by Pamela Goodman. Illustration by Phil Disley

The fierce beauty of this Peloponnesian peninsula has been rhapsodised by some of the 20th century’s most venerated writers. Pamela Goodman gets a first look at an extraordinary villa whose writer-historian owner is the ultimate guide

Fergus’s plans for a lads-only ski trip are scuppered by his wife’s decision to book them onto a “winter activities break” in Norway at the same time – but is there something fishy going on?

Two new boats for charter in the Mediterranean mirror the pioneering spirits – and impeccable taste – of their respective owners. Pamela Goodman gets a first look at Satori and explores the Pontine Islands aboard Blue Deer

Little matters more to Lavinia than proper codes of propriety but will she be stripped of her reputation at the palace?

An urban wife feels like a fish out of water at a Scottish house party – but will her powers of creative visualisation save the day?

A strung-out husband reluctantly agrees to a spa break, but will a pair of skilled Thai hands raise his stress levels further?

A mother has snowboarding lessons in a bid to bond with her son, but will her children’s antics leave her feeling goofy?

Could an over-aspiring wife’s hopes for a trip of a lifetime for her husband’s 60th be a touch overboard?

The traditional August stay at Villa Aphrodite in Corfu seems set to be enlivened by one couple’s children and their friends.

A rejuvenating Continental break in the mountains finds one couple leaving their British inhibitions on the sauna floor.

A London speed demon is reintroduced to the Highway Code at a special class for delinquent drivers in rural Wales.