Celebrating Shakespeare's impact on the world Shakespeare's Globe is a world-renowned theatre, education centre, and cultural landmark based on London's Bankside. The organisation celebrates Shakespeare's transformative impact on the world by conducting a radical theatrical experiment. Made up of the outdoor Globe Theatre and the indoor Sam Wanamak...

Victorian thriller opens the open-air season The first major production of the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre's 2026 season is Sherlock Holmes, which runs until 6 June 2026. In a thrilling new mystery by Joel Horwood, we are in the London of 1890 and, with Holmes having solved his very first case. But with nothing on the horizon to test his unique ...

Matilda The Musical, is inspired by the Matilda a 1988 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl. It was adapted for the stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company, with a book by Dennis Kelly and original songs by Tim Minchin and saw its world premiere at the RSC's home in Stratford-upon-Avon in 2010. Since then, the production has garnered well o...

The world's largest sailing yacht, Orient Express Corinthian, has been officially launched following a naming ceremony at Saint-Nazaire, France, and is now positioning for her inaugural cruise. Flying the French flag, this 220-metre sailing ship ushers in a new era of travel, or perhaps evokes nostalgia for an old one among those voyagers who feel ...

Outstanding natural beauty The stretch of the Llangollen Canal, from the Welsh town of the same name to the English country town of Ellesmere is one of the most attractive of the UK's inland waterways network. It takes in areas of outstanding natural beauty along with the Chirk and Pontcysyllte Aqueducts. These genuine features of construction form...

The famous mural on a leftover part of the Berlin Wall. What a lip lock it was. A smooch that inspired a famous mural and is replicated on every souvenir possible from posters, postcards and mugs to keychains, tea towels and t-shirts. It's a reminder of communism, but also a symbol of freedom and even LGBTQ inclusivity. It's the 'My God, Help Me to...