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These days you can bag a cheap flight just about anywhere - from the wilds of Africa to the pristine beaches of Asia, canyonlands of America and the Australian Outback.The world has become our (travel) oyster. But with so much choice,…

Contributor Cult MTL is a daily news website and monthly magazine focusing on Montreal culture, music, arts, news, politics and city life. Along with interviewing local and visiting artists, promoters and…

It's one of the most eye-catching Instagram profiles out there, with photos from some of the world's most exotic locations.But the person behind it has often paid far less for the trips than you might think.Meet savvy solo traveller…

Theodosis Diakoyannis is 84 years old and smokes two cigarettes a day ‘for health reasons’.‘I have no doubt that if Hippocrates were alive he would have found beneficial uses for tobacco,’ he says of the ancient physician, about whom he…

The video appears to show a series of explosions on the surface of the vessel, amid fears of a major oil spill.Yemen’s Houthis have released a video that appears to show their fighters boarding the oil tanker Sounion and detonating…

By Olivia Christie and Perkin Amalaraj Published: 03:26 EDT, 23 August 2024 | Updated: 03:26 EDT, 23 August 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->…

Fancy a memorable city break but don't fancy having your spirit broken by fighting your way through writhing masses of tourists once you're there?Then scroll down to discover eight non-mainstream crowd-free cities that are highly likely…

MYTH & LEGEND Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes (Picador £20, 304 pp)You might think Greek goddess Hera, wife of Zeus, was beyond rehabilitation. Her acts of jealous revenge were creatively sadistic.She turned…

One ‘M’ after another, daubed in red paint on rocks and trees, guide us out of dark woodland and up between two rearing crags. Above, the wings of buzzards carve arcs into the sky. We might as well be buzzards ourselves as our eyes prey…

The burned bodies of 18 suspected migrants were today found in a remote rural area in northern Greece where wildfires have been burning for days.A series of ferocious wildfires are continuing to wreak havoc and incinerate homes across…