Europe’s first kosher ecohotel opens in Kent
Environmental awareness and Jewish traditions are the focus of Sadeh Farmhouse, a family-friendly retreat near Orpington
New routes to recovery for Britain’s tour guides
Lockdowns saw tour guides lose 99% of their business, but many are now turning to more specialist or virtual tours to survive a second Covid summer
Skylarks, sunshine and solidarity on Winter Hill, Lancashire
From the first mass trespass to mass communications, the West Pennine Moors have always brought northerners together
A local’s guide to Malta: 10 top tips
The island has been at the heart of Mediterranean history and culture for centuries, and it can be enjoyed once more now it’s on the green list
Midsummer mystery on a walk in Herefordshire’s Twin Valleys
A new long-distance trail links ley lines, neolithic stones aligned for today’s summer solstice, churches and delectable views to the Black Mountain
10 of Britain’s best indie bookshops
We mark Independent Bookshop Week with an expert’s pick of 10 stores embedded in local life, from Edinburgh to Brixton
From Factory Records to Oasis: a musical tour of Manchester
A new exhibition on the seminal Manchester label is the start of a musical homage taking in the roots of Joy Division, the Smiths et al
We can be heroes: in Garibaldi’s footsteps from Arezzo to the sea
The great general of Italy’s unification undertook an epic march to Venice in 1849. Following his route today is less of a feat, but still brings majestic rewards
Five of the best nature and history walks in Britain
Turn a walk into a mission on trails that reveal pilgrims’ paths beside the North Sea, red kite in Hertfordshire, and bronze age Yorkshire
Roads taken: the Gloucestershire footpaths that were the making of Robert Frost
We follow the trails trodden a century ago by a band of revolutionary poets who fell for this corner of rural England
Five great British walks with a literary twist
From Boswell and Johnson bickering in Scotland to the coast that inspired Enid Blyton’s Famous Five
10 of the best lesser-known walking trails in the UK
Scenic, but seldom crowded, these long-distance paths have been hewn by the feet of rustlers and rebels, saints and kings
Mukoma Wa Ngugi’s playlist: 10 songs from my travels
The author’s life, literary trips and adventures have taken him across Africa with music as a constant companion
Top 10 museum renovations and reopenings in England for 2021
From Wordsworth to Thackray, Spitfires to railways … see old treasures in bright new spaces this summer
10 of the UK’s best outdoor theatre shows this summer
From The Wolves of Willoughby Chase on a Cornish clifftop to Shakespeare in Regent’s Park, here are some of the summer’s best productions