101 Dalmatians, at the Regents Park Open Air Theatre, has been two years in the coming. Lockdown put paid to its planed premier during the Open Air's 2020 season, as it did for the first rescheduling in 2021. The musical, by Doulas Hodge (music and lyrics) and Johhny McKnight (book), is here now and playing until the 28 August 2022. (Images bt Mark...

Many European towns and cities offer special outdoor Christmas markets during the festive season. These run from mid/late November to early January and have stalls selling handmade crafts and gifts with mulled wine,food and live music. Prague, Czech Republic Prague's Christmas markets are found around the Old Town Square, which is festooned with se...

Scientists in the second most-biodiverse country in the world, have documented Colombia's 200+ species of endemic butterflies for the first time. Columbia is home to a fifth of the world's entire butterfly population? The initiative has been achieved with the support of ProColombia and the Natural History Museum. The female-led team has been workin...

​ The US state of Arizona, is best known for the Grand Canyon, the mile-deep chasm carved by the Colorado River. Information on this and Arizona's 50 other parks, monuments and recreation areas is available on the new digital AZ Parks Passport from the Arizona Office of Tourism. The pass offers trip ideas and directions with categories including co...

The Great Plains Foundation, the conservation and community charity founded by Great Plains' founders, Dereck and Beverly Joubert, has announced a new rewilding initiative in Zimbabwe's Zambezi Valley. In one of the largest wildlife relocations, Project Rewild Zambezi will see 3,000 animals moved from Zimbabwe's Savé Valley Conservancy to Great Pla...

​ Tuolumne County in Northern California is known for its pristine, scenic expanse reaching into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Under Canvas The glamping resort Under Canvas is to open at the edge of Yosemite National Park in the historic gold rush town of Groveland, a northern gateway town into the national park. The 99-unit resort ...