WALL - E (U) Human beings can be a mean old bunch. Having cluttered up the planet with all their junk, they’ve escaped on an enormous spaceship. Meanwhile, poor little WALL-E has to clean up the mess, crunching the junk in his tummy and

PaperBoy Interiors is a new company by Victoria Cramsie that will be launching their first wallpaper collection this month. The collection includes Animal Magic, Dya-think-e-saurus and Shadow Hand Puppets in three colourways: purple with silver

that our villa was a distinctive colour – a kind of deep pinkish burnished copper. Well, at least it would have been distinctive if it was situated in north London, but here in Tuscany the vibrant walls of the houses are often a stunning palette of dramatic

, and Chanonry Point Cottage is just yards from the lighthouse on the point. The Cottage, part of the Ecosse Unique group, sleeps four, and you can hop directly over the garden wall onto the shingle beach. A week’s stay here in March costs £425. Tel: 01835 822277

summer.  E is for eastern promiseAlthough the majority of cruises are in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, new routes are always opening up. Italian line Costa Cruises has adventurous itineraries on family-friendly ships, with cruises out of Dubai

of four stay, with two children under 12 in a superior junior room (which is interconnected), the more expensive room receives a 50 
per cent discount, making the total cost £1,473 per night for a superior room and £5,500 for a suite duplex per night. Tel