Raising the bar in Zanzibar! A chic new resort adds extra zing to Africa’s exotic Spice Island

Deo the barman greets me with a big beer and an even bigger smile. ‘Jambo!’ he says, handing me an icy glass of Kilimanjaro beer. In front of me, jade-coloured water slides onto the sand and I can feel a lunchtime snooze at Zuri Zanzibar beckoning. The resort, on the north-west shore of this bewitching … Read more

Russian man saws off his own leg while high on ‘zombie drug’ spice

Russian man saws off his own leg while high on ‘zombie drug’ spice Graphic pictures showed the man lying on a hospital bed clutching his stump The 29-year-old sawed off his own leg after taking spice in Prokopyevsk, Russia Shocking images were taken as he was transferred to a general hospital  By Luke Andrews For … Read more

Spice up your flight! Jet2.com becomes the first UK airline to serve Nando’s snacks onboard 

Spice up your flight! Jet2.com becomes the first UK airline to serve Nando’s snacks onboard The Leeds-based airline will be introducing ‘Nando’s Peri–Peri Flight Bites’  The products include a dip, drizzle and dunk ‘Nando’s Box’ Customers can also ‘take their taste buds on a trip with Half-popped Corn’  By Ted Thornhill, Mailonline Travel Editor Published: … Read more

Adventures of the early spice girls

HISTORY She-Merchants, Buccaneers And Gentlewomen: British Women in India by Katie Hickman (Virago £20, 400 pp) A superb spectacle was seen across Northern India in 1838: exotic figures riding elephants and horses, followed by some 12,000 soldiers and servants. They travelled around India and the whole tour took a leisurely 18 months. At the head … Read more