As someone who hates sport, even I have to admit that not all sports are the same. There are some which are elegant, like cricket, and some which are highly ritualised and stylised, like sumo wrestling. In some cases, such as the Palio horse race in Siena, which is preceded by a mediaeval pageant lasting hours, the ritual is but ...

The second rocket burst. My buddy RT and I looked at each other. We had talked about running with the bulls in Pamplona for months in 1997. Now was the moment of truth. ---- Here they come. ---- Adrenaline tingled my ears. Streetlights dimmed as the sun’s first rays sneaked between rickety three- and four-story buildings. ---- The cobblestones of the narrow ...

It's impossible not to be seduced by Jamaica -- the island is a big, lush, verdant paradise, described by Hollywood hell-raiser Errol Flynn as being 'more beautiful than any woman I have ever known'. This was no mean endorsement. Flynn, whose yacht Zaca ran aground off the north-eastern shore of Port Antonio in 1946, fell so completely in love with ...