Boomtown

There's a new Austin, Texas, in town.  After becoming a hotspot during the pandemic because of its tempting tax rates and persuasive property prices, the southern city is falling out of favor with the young professionals and families…

Idaho's state capital is increasingly considered a booming trendy hotspot in the US, but it doesn't usually rank among the world's top travel destinations.Now, National Geographic has selected Boise as one of the planet's 25 must-see…

Fire weather  by John Vaillant (Sceptre £25, 432pp)With what sometimes seems like half of Europe and North America ablaze this summer, Fire Weather, the latest book by the Vancouver-based writer and journalist John Vaillant, could not be…