Metro Newspaper UK • 9th August 2021

Lava at First Sight

It’s barely 9am on a weekday but already the car park just off route 427, which snakes along the coast of the Reykjanes peninsula in south-western Iceland, is filling up...

Metro Newspaper UK • 2nd August 2021

Back to the Futuro!

Laura Millar has an out-of-this-world experience joining the Jetsons-set in Somerset...

The Telegraph • 1st May 2021

Place your bets on an island escape

It’s not that hard to explain why I have been coming to Mykonos almost annually for over 25 years...

The Guardian • 4th March 2021

Rock oysters and crêpe bretonne: eight of the best dishes you can try in north-west France

As the French epicurean and gastronome Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin once wrote: “Dis-moi ce que tu manges, je te dirai ce qui tu es.” (“Tell me what you eat, I’ll tell you what you are.”)

Metro • 4th March 2021

Easy as pie

In honour of British Pie Week, Laura Millar chats to chef Calum Franklin about his love for filled pastry...

Metro Newspaper UK • 25th January 2021

How's this for an office?

With workations set to be a growing trend this year, why not do business from the beach in Antigua, suggests Laura Millar

Metro Newspaper UK • 7th December 2020

Shifting Sands

THE first sign that our Namibian road trip is going to be an unforgettable experience comes at the capital's airport when the car hire attendant hands us two spare tyres and a jack. He laughs gently at our bemusement as he explains how roads work here...

Metro Newspaper UK • 2nd November 2020

Oh, you'll take the high road...

The stars of Outlander, Sam Heughan (Jamie Fraser) and Graham McTavish (Dougal McKenzie), tell Laura Millar all about their eventful road trip around the Highlands of Scotland for new book Clanlands

Metro Newspaper UK • 26th October 2020

Feeling Grave

No longer just a hangout for bats and, er, Goths, cemeteries have become destinations in their own right for those who want to appreciate their eerie beauty, spirituality, and peace and quiet. Self-confessed tombstone tourist, Laura Millar, picks her favourites...

Metro Newspaper UK • 12th October 2020

What became of the likely lads?

Rock and roll enfants terribles, The Libertines, have opened a seaside hotel in Margate with a suitably rakish feel, discovers Laura Millar...

Metro Newspaper UK • 14th September 2020

You Essex-y Thing

As TOWIE celebrates its 10th anniversary, Laura Millar looks beyond the fake tan and flashy bling to find a different side of Britain’s most notorious county

Metro Newspaper UK • 5th August 2020

Spreading the Love

Formidable foodie duo, TV maitre d’ Fred Sirieix and chef Andi Oliver on their brand-new Franco-Caribbean collaboration

Metro Newspaper UK • 2nd August 2020

Pier pleasure

I'm scouring the souvenir racks outside one of the many stalls lining Great Yarmouth’s Golden Mile — the nickname for its buzzy, burnished stretch of seafront — but I just can’t find what I’m looking for...

Metro UK • 3rd July 2020

Pizza The Action

Laura Millar meets rapper Professor Green and chef Gizzi Erskine to chat about their new pizza pop-up Giz & Green

Surrey Life • 13th February 2020

Land of Milk and Honey

The lush, charming New England state of Vermont is bursting with delicious produce; Laura Millar tries to eat her way through it

Evening Standard • 10th January 2020

Wax lyrical inside the Latin quarter

It’s hosting the Hay Festival, but not only book fans will love this colourful Colombian city, says Laura Millar

Metro Newspaper UK • 6th January 2020

Rise and shine

Struggling with Dry January already? Be thankful you didn't live through Prohibition, America's 13-year dry spell, which came into effect 100 years ago this month. Laura Millar heads to Tennessee to find how illegal moonshine turned into a booming booze industry…

Evening Standard • 20th December 2019

Hotel of the Week: The Alex, on the banks of Lake Zurich

Laura Millar becomes the lady of the lake in a contemporary boutique hotel where the location takes centre stage...

Evening Standard • 19th December 2019

Moxy East Village, New York

Laura Millar finds her inner rock star at the latest outpost of the hip Moxy brand in one of Manhattan’s most boho neighbourhoods

Metro Newspaper UK • 16th December 2019

Think Pink

The capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur, was recently awarded UNESCO heritage status; Laura Millar finds out why….