How to photograph the northern lights
The Times Picture Editor on the best spot in Finland to see the Aurora Borealis and how to get that iconic shot

Images of Japan: selection by The Times Picture Editor
The Times’s Picture Editor selects the most powerful pictures to come out of Japan in the last seven days. Click on the slideshow tab above for the gallery

Cycling across the Pyrenees
‘We rode an average of 160km a day through the heat, struggling up mountains that left your legs feeling like jelly’

I faced the torment of the Tour de France
Mont Ventoux stands tall not only in the Provençal countryside but also in the legend of the Tour de France.

A campsite in Wales away from the bustle
Winding through the lanes of the Gower in Wales I watch as the bars on my car phone slowly disappear until the “no signal” sign flashes up.