DISCOVER A NEW PASSION

Cruising is the ideal environment for listening to a lecture, joining a class or learning something new.

EXPERT TALKS WITH CUNARD

If you like to come home from a cruise more knowledgeable than when you set off, then consider choosing Cunard. Its guest speakers include a fascinating mix of people, from author Bernardine Evaristo and presenter Richard Osman to explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

✢ A 12-night cruise to the Canary Islands, departing from Southampton on 3 April, costs from £799pp; cunard.com

LEARN TO DANCE WITH ROYAL CARIBBEAN

If dancing puts you in your happy place, step on board Royal Caribbean and enjoy a wide variety of enticing venues. These vary from trendy nightclubs playing the latest club music to posh, outdoor dancing under the stars. Whether you love salsa, hip-hop, swing or ballroom, you’ll be able to learn the latest moves from the professionals before taking your new-found skills back to your favourite dance floor.

✢ A seven-night Spain and France cruise, departing 17 June, costs from £649pp; royalcaribbean.com

GET TECH SAVVY WITH HOLLAND AMERICA

If you’re technically challenged and you want to learn how to edit, display and share your holiday videos and photographs, Holland America Line offers classes through its Digital Workshop. Available on all ships, these complimentary classes are led by trained digital workshop hosts. You’ll be provided with a computer so you don’t have to travel with yours. ✢ A seven-day Mediterranean cruise, departing from Rome on 1 May, costs from £799pp (flights from the UK not included); hollandamerica.com

SEX & THE CITY OF LIGHTS WITH AVALON WATERWAYS

Calling all Carries, Samanthas, Charlottes and Mirandas… Sail the Seine River from Paris to Le Havre with storyteller and author of Sex &

The City, Candace Bushnell. Spend the week getting up close and personal with the author while hearing all about her iconic storytelling. Candace Bushnell is just one of the worldfamous authors set to join Avalon Waterways in 2022. Other confirmed authors include Cheryl Strayed, international bestselling author of

Wild, and Gillian Flynn, international bestselling author of Gone Girl.

✢ A nine-day cruise, departing from Paris on 19 July, costs from £3,254pp; avalonwaterways.co.uk