It’s hardly surprising, but when us Brits emigrate it’s not just a change of scenery we crave but a complete change of lifestyle too. We see relocating as a brand new start, the chance to get our teeth into a new career or realise a lifelong dream, usually something we don’t fancy doing in the UK. Semi-retired Brits with no experience of the hospitality business opening a B&B in France is the classic example. Or, in a similar vein, how many expats who have never pulled a pint in th...

While the Table Mountains near Cape Town may have been the inspiration for Tolkein’s epic Lord of the Rings, it is the Matamata of New Zealand which provided the stunning backdrop for the 21st century films. Dramatic, snow-dusted peaks cast mirror images in crystal lakes, tapering to green, rolling foothills in the distance; gushing rivers cut through sharp, rocky gorges as wildflowers cling to their banks. Many of the species are unique, too, as millennia of geographic isolation has br...