Partying and getting on in life seldom go hand in hand. But for a select group of Eighties and Nineties club kids, nightlife has proved a passport to success in the real world. Continue reading
Travel Activities
Green Man Festival at Glanusk Park, Wales
In previous years, the organisers of the Green Man hired a team of druids to perform sacred rituals to stop it from raining. Continue reading
Glastonbury to change its name when it goes on the road
Glastonbury will be Glastonbury only so long as it stays at Worthy Farm in Somerset — when it moves to a temporary site in 2019, it will become The Variety Bazaar. Michael Eavis, who founded the festival in 1970, revealed the name change on Glastonbury FM radio yesterday. Continue reading
Bestival winds up festival season
Notable visitors to the Isle of Wight over the centuries have included Victorian holiday makers, coming to take the waters, and serial killers, locked away in category A prisons. Continue reading
On the trail of suspicious money: it’s the ‘kleptocracy tour’ of London
The route set out on a Monopoly board-style map of London’s newest coach tour included the opulence of the capital’s largest private home and the luxury of its most expensive apartment. Continue reading
Europe’s coolest cities for £200
Flights, a stylish hotel and two days full of eating, drinking and culture, all for less than £200 per person. Here’s how it’s done. Continue reading
From eclipses to volcanoes: set sail for natural wonders
Take in the glaciers in Iceland, the midnight sun in Norway or eruptions in the Mediterranean. Continue reading