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Madame Ziemowit the witch nods and scratches her beard as I flip a tarot card, revealing the chariot symbol. Picking the chariot seems fitting, as the turban-clad sorcerer and I are on a train, having just crossed the border from Germany into Poland. Multicoloured lightbulbs adorn carriage windows, framing a …

One of the fruits of getting on a train is that it makes me want to chat. So instead of gazing at Kent as we proceed to Paris from London, I talk to my neighbour. Martha grew up in San Francisco, studied in Oregon, and puts syrup on everything. When …

Ashleigh Plumptre has shocked the world of football after the Super Falcons star was unveiled as a new Al Ittihad signing Super Falcons defender Ashleigh Plumptre has officially joined the likes of Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, and Fabinho in buying into the Al Ittihad project after the club announced her …

Does there come a point in every marriage when you realise you don’t know your spouse very well after all? For me, that moment came not when watching yet another ill-judged birthday present shoved to the back of my husband’s wardrobe, but when I noticed a half-price sale on Interrail …

France could well be the perfect place to track the progress of the main battle over the future of travel: trains versus planes. In May 2021, France positioned itself as the frontrunner in a carbon-cutting train renaissance when its government enacted a ban on domestic flights where the journey could …

Until the late 1960s a railway station had the kind of allure now only found on film sets: clouds of mysterious steam curling around dark scurrying figures in hats, blackened faces, uniforms, loud blasts on whistles, doors slamming, and then a dramatic pause followed by the deep, urgent grunt of …

I’m somewhere south of Paris when it occurs to me that, had I flown, I would be there by now. At the far end of the carriage, I can see the train speedometer touch 300kmph (186mph) then settle at 296, a pace that, before the invention of the jet engine, …

Oslo to Bergen, Norway Take a trip from Oslo to Bergen on Vy, the Norwegian state railway (I was delighted to get a senior’s ticket – a usual Norwegian courtesy), a journey of scenic delight at any time of the year, and stop over at Myrdal. There, buy a return …

Actress Lala Akindoju-Fregene has slammed BBNaija All Stars housemate, Seyi Awolowo, over the unflattering comment he made to his fellow housemates earlier today.   While speaking to male housemates, Seyi said he will train his sons to ‘run a train’ on people’s daughters.  Run a train means when multiple men …

There has been an outrage on social media after BBNaija All Stars housemate, Seyi Awolowo, in a chat with his male housemates, said he will train his sons to “run a train” on people’s daughters.   Run a train means when multiple men take turns to have s$x with a …