​ Talayotic Menorca has been granted World Heritage Site status by UNESCO for its prehistoric culture and heritage on the island, with an exceptional number of monuments that demonstrate the different stages of prehistoric Menorca. The site is of particular importance given the impressive standard of the preservation of the monuments, thanks to con...

The Royal Eise-Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker has become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Planetarium, the 12th UNESCO site in The Netherlands, is the oldest functioning planetarium in the world. Between 1774 and 1781, the Dutch amateur astronomer Eise Eisinga built a movable model of the solar system. To make it fit in his living room, Eisinga, ...

pioneering project to protect its endangered rhino populations. Led by the reserve's Wildlife Manager & Resident Ecologist, Lorraine Doyle and Wildlife Operations Co-Ordinator Mariana Venter, it is seeing the introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) driven collars. This ground-breaking technology marks a significant step forward in the ongo...

Hart Shoreditch hotel has unveiled its London Design Festival programme for 2023. The hotel will stage a series of events with this year's theme Expect the unexpected. For the 2023 festival the hotel worked with East London based artist/illustrator James Daw who works in collage and mixed media by creating textures, scribbles and splodges that are ...

​New South Wales offers wildly diverse landscapes, dramatic scenery and a long stretch of coastline that all suit outdoor activities. The Blue Mountains Scenic World's 270-metre-high cable way goes across the Jamison Valley in the World Heritage-listed Blue Mountains National Park. Beyond Skyway is the world's first rooftop cable car with guests ab...

Bikepacking in the Lake District, by Ed Hunton,is a new Cicerone guidebook to eight challenging bike rides in the UK Lake District. Bikepacking is the off-road equivalent of cycle touring wild camping or staying in the usual accommodation options. It offers cyclists the opportunity to immerse themselves in the environment and explore the on two whe...