Travel & Culture
- The Guardian
A great walk to a great pub: the Green Dragon, Yorkshire Dales
A great walk to a great pub: the Green Dragon, Yorkshire DalesA four-hour stroll on the fells followed by a pint, a bite and a place to rest your head – with a waterfall out the back The Green Dragon Inn Hardraw. All photographs: Joanne Crawford/The Guardian Photograph: Joanne Crawford
- Evening Standard
La Palma: Three more towns evacuated amid volcanic eruption
Holidaymakers in La Palma have been evacuated from three more towns on the Spanish island due to an volcanic eruption. Tourists and residents in Tajuya, Tacande de Abajo were ordered to leave by Spanish authorities on Friday. Firefighters were forced to retreat as explosions got more intense and airlines cancelled flights due to a huge cloud of gas and ash.
- The Guardian
With tourism booming, Great Yarmouth dreams of turning the tide
With tourism booming, Great Yarmouth dreams of turning the tideBritons opting not to fly abroad and holiday at home during the pandemic have ushered in new self-belief at the Norfolk resort Visitors to Great Yarmouth Promenade. Photograph: Si Barber/The Guardian
- Evening Standard
The Connaught annouces Red Room, first bar for the hotel in more than a decade
The bar will boast some extraordinary wine, both by the glass and the bottle
- The Guardian
Birds of Paradise review – Amazon’s ballet drama is no Black Swan
Birds of Paradise review – Amazon’s ballet drama is no Black Swan. The surreal film, based on the book Bright Burning Stars, paints a too-chilly portrait of an erotic, competitive friendship between two ballerinas
- The Guardian
Creature review – Akram Khan’s anticlimactic apocalypse
Creature review – Akram Khan’s anticlimactic apocalypse. Sadler’s Wells, London Starring the superb Jeffrey Cirio, Khan’s third work for ENB is full of urgent ideas. But you can’t tell what they are without reading the programme
The GuardianLightning bolts, smart toilets and radical pottery – the week in art
Lightning bolts, smart toilets and radical pottery – the week in art. Printmaking genius Hokusai is at the British Museum, the Turner comes to Coventry, and ancient nomads pitch up in Cambridge – all in your weekly dispatch
- The Guardian
Joke theft is as old as comedy itself – and not easy to prove
Joke theft is as old as comedy itself – and not easy to proveWith the plagiarism claim against him, Kae Kurd joins an illustrious list of alleged copycatsIt’s no joke: standups in legal row over ‘stolen’ comedy routine Kae Kurd is involved in a plagiarism row with Darius Davies. Photograph: YouTube
- The Telegraph
Roger Michell, film and theatre director who made the hit comedy Notting Hill but walked away from directing a Bond movie – obituary
Roger Michell, the director, who has died aged 65, had a widely varied career in the theatre and the cinema but is likely to be best remembered for the romantic comedy Notting Hill, with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, which in 1999 became the most successful British film at the box-office to date.
- Evening Standard
The new menswear designers shaking up London Fashion Week
In a week focused on womenswear, a wave of men’s shows paved a new path
- HuffPost UK
You Might Need To Film Yourself Taking A Lateral Flow Test For Travel
Videos of us gagging and sneezing for the government to check? Yep, we're still in Covid times.
- The Guardian
Roger Michell obituary
Roger Michell obituaryDirector with a kaleidoscopic career in film, theatre and TV best known for the award-winning 1999 romcom Notting Hill Roger Michell at the Telluride film festival in Colorado earlier this month. Photograph: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
- Evening Standard
Shining City at Theatre Royal Stratford East review: Polished performances hampered by a palaver of pacing
3/5 Brendan Coyle is excellent in Nadia Fall’s revival of Conor McPherson’s ghostly 2004 play
- The Guardian
British Museum enters world of NFTs with digital Hokusai postcards
British Museum enters world of NFTs with digital Hokusai postcardsPartnership with new platform LaCollection aims to inspire next generation of art collectors Hokusai works are prepared for installation in the British Museum for the opening of Hokusai, The Great Picture Book of Everything. The NFT launch coincides with the exhibition opening. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex/Shutterstock
- The Telegraph
Nicola Sturgeon finally drops PCR tests for international travel in Scotland
Families may be able to enjoy a half-term break abroad using Scottish airports without spending hundreds of pounds on Covid-19 tests after Nicola Sturgeon’s government “reluctantly” agreed to ease the rules.
- Evening Standard
UK Covid travel update: The traffic light system and testing changes in full
Holidaymakers celebrated as the new rules for travelling were unveiled in the latest review. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps delighted travellers with his announcement on Twitter on Friday. The announcement included details about the Amber list being written off, eight countries being removed from the Red list and there has been a change to the ways travellers will test for Covid.
- The Guardian
Robert Fyfe obituary
Robert Fyfe obituaryActor who played the timid lothario Howard in the long-running TV series Last of the Summer Wine Robert Fyfe as Howard and Jean Fergusson as Marina, the object of his infatuation, in Last of the Summer Wine Photograph: Family Handout
- The Guardian
Yellowstone had 1m visitors in July alone. That’s unsustainable for US national parks
Yellowstone had 1m visitors in July alone. That’s unsustainable for US national parks. National parks are a victim of their own success. They have too many tourists – and too little funding
- Evening Standard
Robot lends a hand for RA’s portrait of curator Shonibare
The bright orange robotic arm — called Heidi — joins the ranks of exhibitors including some of the great names of British painting such as Turner, Gainsborough and Hockney. It was programmed by artists Rob and Nick Carter to paint the portrait of show curator Yinka Shonibare and took just over 46 hours to complete the job with 11,404 strokes applying the acrylic paint to a 1.2-metre square wooden board.
- The Guardian
Roger Michell: a superb director who brought the unexpected out of actors
Roger Michell: a superb director who brought the unexpected out of actorsThe much-loved Michell was renowned for a lack of ego and his understanding of the fine art of collaboration Roger Michell at the Venice Film Festival in September 2020. Photograph: Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP
- Evening Standard
Inside The Londoner: the world’s first ‘super-boutique hotel’
The world’s first ‘super-boutique hotel’ is something to behold, finds Jessica Benjamin
- Evening Standard
The Last Five Years review: it’s a musical about divorce... where’s the dramatic tension?
3/5 Southwark Playhouse’s revival of Jason Robert Brown’s 2001 musical transfers to the West End
- The Telegraph
Where to find a week of winter sun for under £1,000
A week of glorious sunshine, in an indulgent hotel with direct flights – for less than the cost of your soggy summer staycation? Whisper it, but there are bargains to be had this winter: a budget of £1,000 easily covers flights and accommodation to a balmy, beautiful locale – plus in some cases, all-inclusive dining, too.
- Evening Standard
Jet2 restarts holidays to Turkey with flights from £43pp
Jet2 have restarted holidays to Turkey after the country was removed from the government’s red travel list. The company there was huge demand for holidays to the popular vacation hotspot and bookings were up 1,000 per cent. Flights and holidays to Antalya and Dalaman resumed on Thursday from Belfast International, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, and Newcastle Airports.
- The Guardian
The saints go marching on: taking a pilgrim’s trek across north-east England
The saints go marching on: taking a pilgrim’s trek across north-east EnglandOn a four-day hike from Heavenfield to Durham, our writer takes in the scenery, sunshine and sourdough on one of six new – but ancient – pilgrimage routes A waymarker on the Northern Saints Trail. Photograph: Phoebe Taplin
- Evening Standard
Caribbean island that only allowed in visitors who earned over £50,000 set to open for all
Montserrat opened its borders in April this year - but only to the wealthiest holidaymakers who reportedly had to earn over $70,000 (£50,000) were allowed in. The island’s entry rules are about to change - and from1 October, all vaccinated tourists will be welcome on Montserrat.