Mayor of Algar (pop 1,400) says the tradition is the ‘opposite of social media’ and good for mental healthIt’s a nightly summer ritual across much of Spain: as the sweltering heat of the day eases off, chairs are hauled out to the street for an alfresc…
Stonehenge tunnel plans continue despite high court ruling
Highways England says it is proceeding with £1.7bn scheme after judge declared it unlawfulHighways England has said it is proceeding with plans to dig a tunnel near Stonehenge, despite the £1.7bn scheme being declared unlawful by the high court.The gov…
The links between Welsh slate and slavery | Letter
Steve Cushion on the Pennant family, who used the profits made by enslaved workers in Jamaica to expand the Penrhyn slate quarryYour article (Welsh slate landscape becomes UK’s newest world heritage site, 28 July) did not mention the origins of the fin…
‘We will return’: the battle to save an ancient Palestinian village from demolition
Activists say Lifta, abandoned during the 1948 war, must be preserved in the face of Israeli construction plansThe ancient Palestinian village of Lifta sits on a quiet hillside minutes from Jerusalem’s bustling modern centre. Abandoned when its residen…
Welsh slate landscape becomes UK’s newest world heritage site
Landscape surrounding Snowdonia in Gwynedd is 32nd site in UK to get prestigious global statusThe slate landscape of north-west Wales, said to have “roofed the 19th century world” as its quarries exported slate across the globe, has become the UK’s new…