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Top Travel Tips for Rethymnon, Crete

Away from Crete’s 18-30 hotspot of Malia, the island has several beautiful old towns, including Rethymnon. Situated almost exactly equidistant between Heraklion and Chania airport, the hour’s journey places you centrally in this beautiful north coast town with plenty of scope to explore.

Things to Do

Rethymnon Beach

The beaches are what draws many a visitor to Crete, and Rethmynon boasts golden sand as far as the eye can see. You’ll find endless sunbed companies all neatly arranged, and, as is becoming the norm these days, many with changing huts, Wi-Fi and even waiter service to make your stay even more relaxing.

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Last Night’s TV: Hospital People

BBC One, 9.30pm

Despite well over two decades in the business, Tom Binns might not be one of the most well-known names in British comedy, but in a strange twist of fate, the character comedian has been instantly catapulted from the regular live circuit onto BBC One prime-time.

It’s certainly been a long journey for Binns. His characters Ivan Brackenbury (naively inappropriate Hospital Radio DJ) and Ian D Montfort (surprisingly accurate phoney psychic) have received rave Edinburgh Fringe reviews, but his own media career has fared terribly, including being fired by two separate radio stations and, more infamously, from Channel 4’s ill-fated late night sports show Under The Moon.

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Skinny Lister

The Haunt, Brighton – May 10th, 2017

If you are a regular gig and festival goer you will undoubtley have seen the name Skinny Lister on a line-up somewhere over the last few years.

Their ‘always on tour’ motto is probably only surpassed by Xtra Mile label-mate Frank Turner, who they’ve supported many times, and whose influence is easy to see. With tours alongside US heavyweights Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphy’s also under their belt, it’s not hard to see how they’ve perfectly honed the sound of self-proclaimed ‘trad-folk-punk’.

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Last Night’s TV: Broadchurch

ITV, 9pm

Just before the finale of the first series of Broadchurch producer Richard Strokes tweeted to ‘watch to the very, very end’. Viewers expected one final twist in an already incredible series, but what they got – an end-of-credits message proclaiming “Broadchurch Will Return” – divided fans.

From the very beginning Broadchurch was sold as a drama about community life, centred around a murder and its domino effect, rather than a basic whodunit.

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