And so with one thing and other the auld witch raised the fiends of jealousy in that innocent heart. She would cry out that Heriotside was an ill-doing wastrel, and had no business to come and flatter honest lassies.

He visited all the beautiful castles and palaces that he could find, from the Welsh mountains to the Norfolk countryside, from the Northumbrian hills to the South Downs, and found hundreds of princesses, all wearing magnificent dresses and covered in dazzling jewels – but none of them seemed to have quite enough . . . well, quite enough princessness about them.

A member of Taiwan's indigenous Amis tribe, Kuo showed sporting talent at an early age, training in judo, basketball and athletics in her native Taitung county.

This first article looked at the present situation and asks if lessons can be learned from the past, when the railways were the prime mover in the development of tourism and leisure travel.