Mairead Finlay

I wrote about the experience of being a female digital nomad.

Understated isn't this island's strong point, and it's absolutely all the better for it – here are the best things to do in Madeira.
Just a 10-minute cliff-curling drive on this Portuguese island close to Africa can involve a carousel of cinematic landscapes. You can often enter one of its tunnels having just passed through sun-dappled, vineyard-strewn hillsides, to emerge the other end onto a road thick with fog and cows, skirting under waterfalls.
Volcanic, sub-tropical and with a spectrum ...

The castle may be Windsor's crowning glory, but the town itself deserves the royal treatment too.
A mere 40-minute train journey from London Paddington, Windsor is the perfect place for a weekend trip. It offers a cobbled cluster of stately highlights, gastropubs frothed in flowers, charming cafés and independent shops to potter about in, all set on the picturesque banks of the River Thames.
On the tip of its neatly compact centre lies Windsor Great Park. Fizzing with green for some 4,800 acr...

Mairead Finlay at Dahlia in Lisbon. Courtesy of Mairead Finlay
Talk less, listen more, and definitely don't dance — that's the concept behind listening bars popping up across Europe and the US.
I visited Dahlia, which opened last month, the first such bar in Lisbon and the second in Portugal after the country's first opened last November.
Fitted with bespoke, high-quality audio equipment, the...

Life in a digital nomad village in Madeira.

Known for its opulent royal château, the city of Versailles is equally marvellous and well worth exploring for a weekend.

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A humble seagrass with an almighty environmental role to play is falling under the yachting spotlight.

March 2021 saw France implement new regulations prohibiting yachts and superyachts over 24m (78ft) from anchoring on protected Posidonia seagrass beds. A number of which are located along highly frequented beauty spots along the French Riviera and Corsica.

Azure skies, a shimmering deep blue sea and the serene surroundings of Madeira makes it a true tropical paradise, as Mairead Finlay discovers.

Mere minutes away from Paris's Centre Pompidou lies a work of art in its own right: the beautifully restored Maison Sémonville.

(Text based on an interview by Thomas Connors)

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Streets sing with color, hilltops fizz with green and aquamarine waters abound with glimmering vitality: Greece’s islands have enduring superyacht appeal. Whether you seek isles that are buzzing, refined or endearingly remote, these Mediterranean jewels work like a balm for any itinerary.

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Is the ambiance you crave from your yacht charter in France more boulangeries than boutiques? Then consider these lesser-known destinations tucked away between archetypal French Riviera hotspots and perennial Corsica favorites, providing you with a marvelous fusion of both.

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For secluded anchorages nonpareil, the French Riviera certainly delivers. Widely regarded as the quintessential yacht charter destination, it can sometimes be forgotten amid the starlet-strewn streets of Cannes or Monaco's roaring, rarefied bubble that the South of France equally excels at solitude.

Translation French-English of an interview on Parisian illustrator Camille de Cussac.

On how the natural volcanic wonders of Portuguese archipelago's emanates drama at its sublime best, and why it's an idyllic escape for wellness and nature lovers.

Throwing caution to the wind, and doing exactly what I said I wouldn’t do before I started university...