Skye light

A new art project combines drama, music, history and hiking - in the middle of the night. Rob Penn reports.

Walking the Beat

Nicholas Wroe keeps bumping into Ginsberg, Burroughs, Ferlinghetti and Kerouac on the streets of San Francisco.

Britain’s art lands

An exhibition celebrating the British landscape opens at Tate Britain later this month with an accompanying series starting on BBC 1 tomorrow. Lisa Allardice asks five modern artists about the places that have fired their imaginations.

Creative thinking

A wave of modern art museums is helping to regenerate urban Europe. Joe Bindloss selects the best for the new edition of Time Out European Breaks.

Swinging Derry airs

Bracing walks, spotless beaches and a buzzing jazz festival? Welcome to Northern Ireland, says Sonia Sudhakar.

Crafty old Cotswolds

An exhibition celebrating the Arts and Crafts movement opens at the V&A next week. Tim Ecott explores an unlikely association with a quaint corner of England.

In bed with Tracey

Or make that a banquette. Swapping the art world for an assignment as The Observer's hotel critic, Tracey Emin checked out a swish, new country house hotel and marvelled at the 'fake kinky sexy' ambience. Lack of heating, bad art and cold dinner didn't go down so well...

Big Mac

For 88 years, it was Northampton's lost gem - a house entirely fitted out by designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Having miraculously survived in obscurity, the interior is now gloriously restored as a museum. Oliver Bennett visits the Scotsman's last hurrah.

What are they like inside?

Next weekend, there's a rare chance to explore 500 of the capital's most distinctive buildings, writes Jonathan Glancey.

The new Wight

This weekend's dance music festival is part of the Isle of Wight's cool makeover - which even extends to the caravans, says Ed Grenby.