It’s not a statement that should ever escape the mouth of an unabashed sun worshipper, but I had only myself to blame. Every year, for as long as I care to remember, my precious summer holiday ...

An aerial view of the Lofoten Islands Credit: AP When the boys tired ... we all downed a spoonful of yukky but health-giving cod liver oil (a daily staple for many Norwegian children), and as ...

Pick out Lofoten on a map of Norway and it resembles an unbroken talon of land extending far into the Norwegian Sea. Close up, it is in fact a dizzying, 100-mile-long mosaic of islands ...