Arts and Culture

Consumed by grief after the death of her fiance, she bought this as a hideaway. Today, people come here by the busload to pay homage to a woman whose imagination…

When James Bond headed to Kazan in Russia, towards the end of Quantum of Solace, many people would have had but one thought: 'Er…where?' It’s a thought I shared before…

Teatro San Carlo in Naples is the oldest continuously active opera house in the worldOpera has never been more popular - and opera houses are a fine way to…

From Coronation Street to Canada: The show's stars take a whirlwind Ontario tour By Sue Cleaver and Tony Hirst Updated: 16:03, 2 March 2014 It's strange but…

The Crafty Traveller: Big savings or short-selling - are city passes worth the money? By Fred Mawer Updated: 14:56, 29 April 2012 Spring is prime city-break…

European Capital of Culture status never fails to work its magic. A big tidy-up is always the order of the day and a small army of construction workers is deployed to…

Where does a dad take his seven-year-old when she claims to be the only one of her friends to have never gone abroad?New York? Too far. Rome? Too expensive. Disneyland…

The beaches. The sun. The chance that you might bump into Leonardo DiCaprio and make him your husband! The list of reasons to vacation immediately in St Barts (or…

Brazil without the football: Lucy Cooke reveals what World Cup fans will be missing By Lucy Cooke Updated: 12:31, 10 March 2014 The sleepy state of Bahia in…

Living in Shanghai makes New York seem provincial, says a transplanted U.S. professor, now running the Chinese offshoot of New York University. ‘It feels open to the…