I went in search of the Silk Road and decided I should have played Julie Christie in Dr Zhivago. See what you think.

I shared my time on St Helena with the world's oldest land animal. At 192 years old he defies the concept of old age....in more respects than one.

A little known story lies on the little known island of St Helena....and it's not Napoleon. It's the story of how St Helena helped to suppress the slave trade.

YouTube had shown me how easy it was to fall in the sea when stepping. ashore, courtesy of a previous Governor….. swan feathers ‘n all. I didn’t have the feathers but that didn’t stop me flapping.

Six years after saying goodbye to my ship, the RMS St Helena, we are reunited on the Thames. We’ve both aged, but she’s had a facelift.