Spa for the course

We live in a spa-obsessed world but a health retreat needn't be all about pampering and posturing. Simon Busch gets back to basics at two French wellbeing retreats.

‘If I went again, I’d take my pills’

The more we travel to Africa, India and south-east Asia, the less seriously, it seems, we take the risks of contracting malaria. Mark Honigsbaum on a new campaign to educate Britain about a disease that all too often proves fatal.

My yoga holiday from hell

Take care when booking a wellbeing break abroad, warns Kate Rew - it's hard to find inner peace when the yoga deck's a building site.

Ride on

In the third of our series on the ups and downs of cycling in Britain's major cities, we take a spin round Brighton, Cardiff and Leeds.

Britain’s best long-distance walks

David Bathurst, author of a new book on Britain's big walks, picks his top 10 hiking trails, from classics like the Pennine Way to less well trodden routes

Chariots of ire

What's the best way of taking little children on long cycle rides? Kate Abbott recalls her sibling battles to be towed in a trailer.

Another side of Manchester

Despite dog poo, carrier bags and shopping trolleys, Helen Pidd discovers the peculiar charms of the Fallowfield cycle trail.