Travel & Culture
- LifestyleEvening Standard
48 hours in Brighton: No. 124 by Guesthouse, Burnt Orange and Embers
After bedding down at hot new opening No.124 by Guesthouse, Vicky Jessop discovers the seaside city is a treasure trove for foodies
8-min read - NewsEvening Standard
US citizens and millions of other non-Europeans now need £10 ETA digital permit to visit UK without a visa
The Home Office is extending the Electronic Travel Authorisation system to far more countries from Wednesday
2-min read - LifestyleEvening Standard
Traitors holidays: why Inverness is the cool new winter destination
People are flocking there thanks to the gameshow’s success - but there’s a lot more to Inverness and the nearby Highlands than meets the eye
4-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
The airlines still flying just miles from where a plane was shot from the sky
Airlines including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic continue to fly a matter of miles from the GPS-jammed Russian region where an Azerbaijan Airlines plane was hit by suspected air defence missiles on Christmas Day.
7-min read - NewsThe Guardian
Islamesque by Diana Darke review – the diverse roots of medieval architecture
A beautifully-illustrated account of the Middle Eastern influence on Europe’s great buildings
4-min read - LifestyleThe Guardian
Pembrokeshire’s wild north by train, bus and bike
Overshadowed by St Davids and Tenby, the Welsh seaside town of Fishguard makes a great off-season base for coastal and country exploration
7-min read - NewsThe Telegraph
Why Britain’s new red tape for tourists is creating controversy
The passport as an instrument of state regulation dates from the French Revolution. But up until the First World War, people could still travel without one. Since then, nations have sought to control movement through visas, IDs, vaccination certificates and signed declarations swearing you were never a card-carrying Communist. The latter relates, of course, to the United States, which introduced the ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) in 2008 to allow visa-free travel, for a small
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