Luxury tour company Ariodante has launched sabbatical tours with an arts and culture focus. This offers the chance to be 'immersed in and learn about culture, historical periods and the work of the greatest artists while travelling in luxury to any parts of the world they desire'. The sabbatical will appeal to those wanting 'meaningful' extended ti...

The annual Bird Photographer of the Year Competition organised by conservation charity Birds on the Brink saw photographers from around the world submit artistic images of birds, which were judged by an expert panel The winning entry, End of the Day, was an impressionistic image of a European Shag taken at Vardø in Norway by Majed AlZa'abi from Kuw...

Virgin Galactic has unveiled the cabin interior of VSS Unity - its first SpaceShipTwo vehicle, which has been designed in collaboration with Seymourpowell. Virgin Galactic will be a commercial spacecraft providing suborbital spaceflights to space tourists and suborbital launches for space science missions. SpaceShipTwo is air launched from beneath ...

World's Best Vineyards has revealed the 50 best wine tourism destinations in the world in its awards. The awards have been established by William Reed to raise the profile of wine tourism and encourage travellers to enjoy wine-related experiences around the globe. Argentina's Zuccardi Valle de Uco took top spot for the second year, followed by Bode...

Make Music is a free celebration of music around the world held every 21 June. Launched in 1982 in France as the Fête de la Musique, it is held on the same day in more than 1,000 cities in 120 countries. Make Music is open to anyone who wants to take part. Musicians, young and old, amateur and professional and of every musical persuasion perform on...

​Caravans of camels plodding across the vast expanses of desert are scenes reminiscent of Lawrence of Arabia. Back in 1962 Peter O'Toole was filmed silhouetted in white robes shielding against a blistering sun and gusty sand storms, sitting high between the humps of his camel. ​Caravans of camels plodding across the vast expanses of desert are scen...