Travel & Culture
- Evening Standard
UK Covid LIVE: Green list countries announcement expected as PM says ‘Real opportunity’ to open up travel for double-jabbed
Rest of UK awaits announcement as Northern Ireland adds the Balearic Islands, Malta and some Caribbean islands to travel green list
- The Guardian
Ron Smedley obituary
Ron Smedley obituary. Award-winning young people’s TV producer and leading promoter of folk dance and ballet
- The Independent
What time is the green list travel announcement today?
The next traffic light reshuffle is expected today
- Evening Standard
Travellers stuck in £1,750 London quarantine hotel complain about ‘nightmare’ conditions
Travellers stuck in a £1,750 quarantine hotel have complained about the conditions. The President Hotel in Guilford Road is home to some travellers for a 10-day quarantine period after arriving from red list countries. Among the travellers, Garikayi Madzudzo made an official complaint regarding the quality of food to Imperial London Hotels who are the company behind the three star President Hotel.
- The Guardian
Portuguese PM hints at tougher Covid rules for tourists from UK
Portuguese PM hints at tougher Covid rules for tourists from UK. António Costa’s remarks follow Angela Merkel calling for visitors to EU from Britain to be quarantined
- Yahoo Life UK
Bed and All-Aboard! The best sleeper train journeys in the world
Get inspired by the world's best sleeper train journeys
The IndependentGreen list countries update - live: Malta, Balearic Islands and Madeira join Northern Ireland’s green list
England’s own traffic light reshuffle expected tonight
- The Independent
Green list: Which countries could move from ‘amber’ and will quarantine end?
‘We’re nearly at the point of no return for travel this summer’ – Brian Strutton, general secretary, British Airline Pilots’ Association
- The Independent
Which countries are likely to be added to the green list?
The next update is expected on 24 June
- The Guardian
Eduardo Chillida review – sculptures that clutch at the air like a goalkeeper
Eduardo Chillida review – sculptures that clutch at the air like a goalkeeperHauser & Wirth SomersetThe Basque sculptor was a former professional footballer – and that awareness of the space around him informed his cerebral yet intensely physical work At war with gravity ... Consejo al Espacio IX (Advice to Space IX), 2000. Photograph: Courtesy the estate of Eduardo Chillida and Hauser & Wirth
- The Independent
Driving Iceland’s majestic new Diamond Circle loop
Why do Iceland’s Golden Circle when you can have the Diamond version instead? Damien Gabet drives north in the land of fire and ice
- The Independent
Roaming charges – another part of Brexit that doesn’t live up to expectations
As with so much that is happening and going wrong with Brexit now, its because the original agreement contained vague phrases like ‘transparent and reasonable rates’
- Evening Standard
Safety repairs begin on Kensington council estate near Grenfell after 15 years of campaigning
Safety works on a housing estate near Grenfell Tower have finally begun after 15 years of campaigning by a community theatre based in the development. Kensal House’s SPID Theatre said it has been petitioning Kensington and Chelsea council since 2006 to restore the dilapidated community rooms where the company is based and fix leaks and other hazards. Work has now begun on the estate, which is less than a mile from Grenfell Tower.
- Evening Standard
UK green list: Will more countries be added in the next travel review?
Everything you need to know about the latest travel announcements
- The Independent
What could new rules for vaccinated travellers mean for your summer holiday?
Ministers are mulling scrapping quarantine for doubled jabbed arrivals
- The Guardian
Lego aims to woo adult superfans with instore ‘storytelling tables’
Lego aims to woo adult superfans with instore ‘storytelling tables’Feature makes debut in flagship New York shop along with interactive attraction called ‘the Brick Lab’ A display at the Lego store on Fifth Avenue, New York. Photograph: Cindy Ord/Getty Images
- The Independent
Is this the Home Counties’ best country house escape for families?
Just an hour from London is family favourite Four Seasons Hampshire, and it’s just had a large-scale renovation. Cathy Adams checks in, toddler in tow
- The Guardian
Share your experiences of staying in a Covid quarantine hotel in the UK
Share your experiences of staying in a Covid quarantine hotel in the UK. We’d like to hear from travellers who have had to stay in a quarantine hotel in the UK
- The Independent
Fresh hope for foreign holidays as Boris Johnson says vaccination programme offers ‘real opportunity’
Prime minister hints at lifting of quarantine rule for double-jabbed visitors to ‘amber list’ countries
- The Independent
Race to the Sun: join expert Simon Calder for The Independent’s exclusive travel event
Don’t book your summer holiday without listening to this first
- The Independent
Foreign Office withdraws Covid warning against travel to China
‘The Chinese authorities continue to impose various control and quarantine measures across the country’ – FCDO
- The Telegraph
Romeo & Juliet, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, review: more crossed wires than stars
The Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park – back for a new summer season after leading the way last year in staging outdoor shows – has the look of a construction site. There are three levels of metal scaffolding, with stairways on either side and some makeshift back-walls of plastic sheeting. Imposing though all of this is, the most eye-catching feature is a crevice centre-stage – it’s as though the ground had been rent in twain, scattering stones towards the front rows. This being Romeo and Juliet
- The Guardian
Julian Opie review – we need so much more from art than this empty irony
Julian Opie review – we need so much more from art than this empty irony. Pitzhanger Manor, LondonStaged in Sir John Soane’s Ealing mansion, Opie’s brand of dot-eyed simplicity – epitomised here by a sterile model town showpiece – is stuck in the 90s
- The Telegraph
9 British small towns and cities you should visit this summer
It's the summer of the seaside resurgence. For now, the meagre green list leaves us with little choice but to head to home beaches, hopeful of a little sun with our sand. Our countryside and villages, from the Lake District to the Cotswolds, are also enjoying a cut of the staycation boom. Yet some of our greatest assets are being forgotten in the stampede. In a recent survey conducted by Visit Britain, among those Britons planning a domestic break, 36 per cent were opting for a coastal resort; j
- The Telegraph
Malta and Balearics could make green list as No 10 faces mounting pressure to open up
Ministers were coming under intense pressure on Thursday to lift quarantine for holidaymakers returning from "safe" destinations including Malta and the Balearic Islands. They were due to meet on Thursday afternoon to consider advice from scientific advisers that the two popular holiday destinations were safe enough to be added to the Government’s quarantine-free "green" list. Travel industry chiefs and MPs believe the decision on the Balearic islands of Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca will be a cri
- The Guardian
June design news: ice cream, guitar straps and Lego
June design news: ice cream, guitar straps and LegoInclusive design, abstract expressionist ceramics and the recycled lifejackets helping refugees start afresh Clockwise from left, Paul Hultberg, U2’s The Edge with his Love Welcomes’ guitar strap, braille Lego and the award winning Sow Beautiful seed bomb Composite: PR Image / Guardian Design Team