Half of the club members trying to enter Berghain are denied entry – Alamy Stock Photo How to enter Berghain? This is the multi-million euro question that has eluded clubbers since the venue opened its doors in Berlin in 2004. Chief bouncer Sven Marquardt, who curates the crowd, and his gang of German enforcers are… Read More »
Lord Byron’s statue stands near the heart of Athens – Getty The moment you glance at it it looks a bit out of place. There, in the southwest corner of the National Garden, on the east side of central Athens, stands a statue of Lord Byron – just minutes from Hadrian’s Arch, the Temple of… Read More »
Anti-tourism protesters in La Laguna, Tenerife – SOLARPIX.COM The Canary Islands tourism minister has urged British holidaymakers not to cancel their holidays as locals prepare to stage anti-tourism protests across the archipelago on Saturday. Tensions have been rising in recent weeks over water use, lack of housing and pollution that locals say is linked to… Read More »
Caravaggio’s ‘The Martyrdom of St Ursula’ is at the National Gallery from 18 April to 21 July – Julian Simmonds for The Telegraph “See Naples and die.” In other words, this wonderful city is so beautiful that the experience of visiting it can’t be beat. This is an old adage probably coined by the tourist… Read More »
‘Doc’ Kelso is asleep. Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan. July 2008. (© TIM HETHERINGTON FOR VANITY FAIR) The most important exhibition you’ll see in London this year isn’t in your Tates or White Cubes, but beyond naval guns, firearms and jeeps, it’s deep inside the Imperial War Museum. Storyteller: Tim Hetherington’s photographs are important because… Read More »
Lagarto Real (Imogen Lepere) The air in Oaxaca’s Huatulco National Park is thick as soup and the abundance of living things is so rich that my senses feel sated. Zapotec guide Perfecto Careno Ramirez brings the prize into focus through memories of his childhood in these lands. There is the grado tree, which is used… Read More »
A spokesperson for Spain’s Home Office tells The Telegraph that the £97 rule was misreported in Britain – Getty/E+ The Spanish government has accused the British media of spreading a “hoax” that British tourists are being asked to prove they have a certain amount of money to enter the country. There have been widespread reports… Read More »