DEAR ABBY: I have cancer. I have been expecting to be diagnosed with it since I was a teen. It is my family’s disease. My mother is 100 and still has her faculties, but she is frail. I have shared the diagnosis with my children, and I assume they told…

Consider yourself to be a bit of a cinephile? Then you should be booking a flight to San Sebastián ASAP for a film-inspired stay in a former cinema. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Palacio Bellas Artes, a 1914 Beaux Arts building that was once home to one of the country’s earliest filmhouses, has…

While I’m not necessarily opposed to a summer holiday, I do have a soft spot for travel in autumn and winter. Give me crisp cold air, red and yellow falling autumn leaves and the excuse to order a hot chocolate with marshmallows over sweltering sightseeing any day. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Not…

Aliens are not being summoned to Earth. The mystery surrounding hundreds of “apocalyptic” speakers found by a California woman on Mount Shasta has been resolved, revealing that they actually represent a message of peace. What started as a bizarre horseback discovery quickly turned into an internet mystery after Karrie Ann…

Chiffon? In this economy? This week’s Paris Haute Couture shows swapped the usual piles of handmade lace and crystal-coated leather for materials often on shelves at the Dollar Store — or even better yet, Home Depot, like latex balloons, crumpled chicken wire, ripped denim, and clumps of very photogenic hay.…

Kelly Slater’s Texas wave-pool dream just got hit by a $16 million breaker. Austin Surf Club, a 333-acre private surf park and luxury residential community backed by the 11-time world surfing champion, has been swamped by more than $16 million in construction liens as work on the splashy project grinds…

The out-of-office message is on and the laptop is shut. The long-awaited vacation has finally begun. Then comes the sore throat, the stuffy nose and the pounding headache. The cruel irony? After weeks of pushing through deadlines and nonstop responsibilities, some high achievers find that the moment they finally slow…

Published on 09/07/2026 – 13:02 GMT+2 First came the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, then the New7Wonders of the World. Now, the search is on to decide a new ranking: the 7 Contemporary Wonders of the World. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This week, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) launched…

The best hotels around the world have just been named by Travel + Leisure – and a property set in a 900-year-old 5,000-acre estate in the heart of Tuscany took the top spot in Europe. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Castiglion del Bosco, a Rosewood Hotel received an impressive score of 99.58 out…

With perennial favourites in southern Europe battling both crowds and heatwaves, more and more of us are looking for alternatives. Hence the rise of the “coolcation”. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT But if we’re all making the same moves, switching Barcelona for Bergen, Mallorca for Malmö and Lisbon for the Finnish Lakelands, we’re…