Twenty five years ago we produced and directed our first promotional film about the Spanish town of Marbella using a friend’s camcorder (a heavy, cumbersome affair in those days) and two video machines linked together for the home editing. We even managed to add music using a simple cassette recorder switched on and off during the editing procedure. Brian Carling studiously learnt his words...

We recently managed a trip to Rome in Italy. It really is a magical ‘‘city break’destination. The inspiring works of Michelangelo and the timeless splendour of the Colosseum are just two reasons why Rome is such an amazing tourist destination. To discover all the reasons, you would need to spend a year in Italy’s capital city. We had only a long weekend! Having booked our holiday...

Paris has three airports – Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly are the main airports which have a variety of links into Paris including trains and buses. The third is Beauvais airport is situated further out of Paris and is used by a few cheap airlines like Ryanair. Because of this transport links are limited to a bus link to the city which takes more than an hour. It’s a good idea to pre-book...

Palma de Mallorca’s interesting old streets suddenly open out to views of hilly countryside where small island villages nestle. Here we found local ’spit-and-sawdust’ bars serving wine from the barrel … and offering tasty looking ‘tapas’! Getting around Mallorca in a hire car was easy and our accommodation was ideally placed near the main city marina -and with great...