Wellness tourism continues to grow with demand driven by the ageing boomer generation and health-conscious millennialsAt 8am, six women and one man are saluting the sun in an airy barn in Sussex. They are focused on their breathing, visualising their i…
Coronavirus live news: new rules for travel in England; New Zealand to phase out elimination strategy
England’s traffic light system for international travel replaced by one red list; Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ‘transition’ towards new policyInside Missouri’s Covid culture wars‘We lost him’: how Covid tore one Sydney family apartBrazil shocke…
A county for taste: cycling around Rutland, England’s secret foodie heartland
The smallest county holds astonishing culinary variety: from prize-winning pubs and pastries to an England bowler’s grill school – plus a lovely bit of squirrel‘You can get a good meal for two out of one grey squirrel,” chef James Goss told me as we sa…
‘Renting the Taj Mahal’: the fight to save Darjeeling’s toy train
India’s tiny train has puffed up the Himalayas since 1881 but now the world heritage site is under threat“Darjeeling ko sano rail, hirna lai abo tyari cha / Guard le shuna bhai siti bajayo” (Darjeeling’s dainty train is all set to chug off / Oh, listen…
Crunch time: the 10 best places to celebrate Apple Day in Britain
As harvest time arrives, here are the top destinations for apple harvests, tastings and other core activitiesIf there is a cider capital of the UK it’s arguably Herefordshire, where the rolling hills are covered with orchards. The Big Apple is an assoc…
UK to slash international travel ‘red list’ to just nine countries
Quarantine will no longer be required for fully vaccinated travellers from 45 other countries from later in OctoberThe prime minister, Boris Johnson, will open up more countries for hotel quarantine-free travel later this week, the Sunday Telegraph rep…
A birder’s eye view of Kakadu: ‘Don’t give up until you go to bed’
A far cry from twitching, at Bird Week in Kakadu national park, Alexis Buxton-Collins finds a chance to slow down“There are two rules you need to follow on board,” Luke Paterson informs me as I step on to a large flat-bottomed boat. The first is to kee…
10 of the best October half-term family breaks in Europe
With overseas travel opening up again, we have family ideas for cities, coast and countrysideSlovenia is cooling down in October, but it is a spectacular time to see Lake Bled’s woody fringes burst into flames of colour. Hilltop Bled Castle towers over…
A local’s guide to Menton, France: five great things to do
British aristocracy flocked here in Victorian times, but artist Fabien Gauthier is inspired more by its medieval buildings and the remnants of the swinging 1970sA specialist in trompe l’oeil art and frescoes ancient and modern, Fabien Gauthier has live…
Indigenous Amazon singers and sacred cacao … the UK festival that’s wild in a different way
The Medicine weekender specialises in nature and cultural exchange – a rare festival that you leave feeling better than when you arrivedOn a stage in a yurt in the Berkshire countryside, the leader of the Huni Kuin tribe from the Brazilian Amazon is ta…