Durness is a village in the remote north-west of Scotland that lies on the North Coast 500, an 830-kilometre scenic route along Scotland's northern coast that begins and ends in the city of Inverness. The landscape is truly wild around Durness with a rugged, rocky coastline and windblown cliffs interrupted only by expansive sandy beaches. A driving...

Following the success of its inaugural year, Classical Pride will stage a five-day festival from 3 to 7 July 2024. The festival begins on Wednesday 3 July with Classical Drag taking over Outernet in the heart of Soho to showcase some of the biggest names in drag and classical music. The festival also embraces : •a choral concert featuring the world...

To 08 June 2024 Twelfth Night is the first major production in the 2024 season at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. And a fine way to kick things off. At its core is a romantic comedy of miss-understanding and mistaken identity written as a Twelfth Night entertainment and first performed in February 1602 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust is my initial...

It Mallorca has opened the Hotel Valldemossa, a manor house in the Sierra de Tramuntana. The sixth property in the company's portfolio of high-end boutique hotels, it was once part of the Royal Charterhouse Palace and now offers twelve adult-only rooms with views of Mallorca. There is an indoor and outdoor pool, spa, and De Tokio a Lima serving a f...

​ (lead image above) : The Burrell Collection © Janie Airey / Art Fund 2023) (Image left) : William Morris Gallery, London, winner of Art Fund Museum of the Year 2013 © Grayson Perry. Courtesy William Morris Gallery. Photo: Mark Crick Art Fund Museum of the Year is an annual prize that champions what museums do, encourages more people to visit, and...

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) create theatre at its very best, and with all its productions 'made in Stratford-upon-Avon'. The RSC will premier its productions in the town of Shakespeare's birth before regularly take these to London and on tour in the UK and Ireland and, indeed, around the world. While one can be confident of the quality of a...