You might not think of Salzburg as an all-nighter – and you’d be right – but there’s still plenty going on once the sun sets behind the mountains. During the summer months, evenings become chilly: spent drinking cold beer in the Biergarten in the shade of chestnut trees or gazing out at the domes and… Read More »
Mozart in one corner, Maria in the other; Whether you’re into high culture or Hollywood, Salzburg’s two biggest exports have left a big mark on this city. And Salzburg hits plenty of high notes in terms of scenery and setting, with its baroque chic, the castle of your wildest childhood dreams, parks with fountains, and… Read More »
Decades ago, when South Africa was still an outcast, a friend said Cape Town would never be an international hit. He pursed his lips and said, “The sea is very cold.” “Nobody wants a beach town where you can just look out at the ocean.” How wrong. Not only will the Mother City be the… Read More »
“North America just outside your right window,” the pilot’s voice said as we began to land. “And the European Union is below us, to the left.” I looked down at the waters swollen with humpback whales and suddenly, unexpectedly, I felt like I was at the very edge of Europe. Because you see, it’s entirely… Read More »
When I interviewed Antonio Pappano in Rome in 2011, he jokingly admitted that he was a cultural traitor. “I did productions of Wagner, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Britten and Birtwistle at Covent Garden,” he said, “but maybe I didn’t do as many Italian classics as they expected me to.” During his second decade as music director of… Read More »
Throughout the summer we’ll be taking the pulse of our most famous traditional seaside towns, examining the efforts being made to regenerate them and getting a feel for whether they’re still worth visiting. This week Helen Pickles explores Scarborough. For God’s sake, Scarborough is blessed with: two great sandy beaches, an impressive headland with a… Read More »
While the search continues, CCTV footage of television doctor and columnist Michael Mosley, who disappeared two days ago, while walking on the Greek island of Symi, has emerged. The footage was taken about 20 minutes after he left St Nikolas beach to walk along the road towards the nearby village of Pedi, and showed Mosley… Read More »
“Only here?” The tuktuk driver looks suspicious. Why were these two strangers leaving their vehicle on the corner of a steep, single-lane road next to the rusted, rattling ruins of an abandoned tea factory? We pay the agreed upon price to move us from Ohiya station onto a largely broken, bumpy road and bid him… Read More »