With our forests about to burst into colour, we pick cosy woodland cottages and eco-cabins for making the most of a British autumnGlamping is an understatement for these two spacious, well-equipped forest boltholes: one lodge and one safari tent, surro…
A great walk to a great pub: the Ship, Dunwich, Suffolk
An atmospheric stroll through marsh, forest and over shingle is topped off with a pint in the ‘Suffolk Atlantis’Start The Ship, DunwichDistance 9 milesTime 5 hoursAscent 100 metresDifficulty moderateDunwich is a village with a handful of cottages, a ru…
Grant Shapps wants to scrap costly PCR tests for travellers by half-term
Shift in policy in England would mean such Covid tests being replaced by cheaper lateral flow onesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe transport secretary, Grant Shapps, said he wanted to scrap costly PCR tests for internatio…
Bibi, London W1: ‘Genius and subversive’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
‘I’d happily bathe in the peanut sauce, sploshing it about my armpits and behind my ears, before dressing without showering’Bibi is a new high-end opening in the capital, of which there is currently no shortage. “High-end” is a coy way that hospitality…
Bristol’s slave trade history laid bare on a Black History Month tour
A year after the statue of slave trader Edward Colston was toppled in Bristol, we join a historic walking tour that ‘helps us understand the present’, as well as more Black History Month events“Important bit of history that,” a warm West Country voice …
England’s last ‘red list’ restrictions confound South Americans
Lingering quarantine rules anger would-be travellers from seven targeted countriesEngland’s decision to maintain strict Covid travel rules for seven South American and Caribbean countries has prompted further fury and confusion in the nations which rem…
Welcome debuts a smarter city guide app on iOS, backed by $3.5M led by Accel
When you’re exploring a city — whether one you’re visiting on your travels or your own — there are a number of tools that can help you find out where to go, what to see and what to do, like Google Maps, Yelp, TripAdvisor and others. But a startup called Welcome thinks that today’s set […]
‘Sleepy, leafy and lusciously bucolic’: France’s best towns and villages by readers
Our tipsters go beyond the expected names to hail the charms, cultural and culinary delights of places from Pas-de-Calais to ProvenceI really loved the peacefulness of Saint-Nectaire. The local cheese is enough to put it on any list but it also has woo…
Europe’s best walking cities: Seven wonders of the wandering world
From atmospheric Berlin to Joyce’s Trieste, via Marseille’s markets and a wellbeing walk in Copenhagen, city strolls reward the curious ramblerThe art of flâneur-ing might be French and its most famous practitioners Parisians, but other European cultur…
Heathrow passengers delayed for hours after biometric passport gates fail
Gatwick and Edinburgh airports also affected with travellers held on planes while others faced queuesAirline passengers reported delays of up to four hours as airports across the UK were hit by a second e-gate technical fault within two weeks.Traveller…