Liverpool enjoyed another convincing Premier League win on Sunday to cement what has been an excellent start to the season so far. The Reds had always been favourites to beat Brentford, but did so with a minimum of fuss, recording a second 2-0 victory …
The tragedy of California’s oldest tourist attraction
Entering the colossal grove of giant sequoias in Calaveras Big Trees State Park to find the stump of the Discovery Tree is like creeping through a beautiful mansion, looking for a body. From the parking lot off Highway 4 — where yellow school buses dus…
Can you still cuddle koalas in Australia and should you want to?
Holding a koala in your arms, feeling its paws on your shoulder and gazing into its cute beady eyes – for many tourists this is a long-cherished dream. But many travellers to Australia may be surprised to learn that cuddling the cute marsupials is now …
Italian villagers group together to help their mayor lose some weight
The Italian diet is famously delicious, from cornetto for breakfast to pizza for dinner – and then there’s ice cream. And the wine. No one is more aware of that than Luciano Fregonese, the mayor of Valdobbiadene in northern Italy. He has held the post …
Why this German ice cream parlour now charges by the gram
Inflation has driven up the cost of living across Europe. In Germany, each summer people turn to one indicator in particular to ascertain their bang for their buck – the price of a scoop of ice cream. Join the queue at the local ice cream parlour anywh…
Die Länder mit heimlichem Touristenrekord
Mallorca, Málaga, Marbella, Maspalomas – Spanien gilt als besonders beliebt bei Touristen. Bei «Overtourism» denken viele auch an Barcelona, Sevilla, Ibiza. Wenn es um andere populäre Urlaubsländer geht, kommen einem Städte wie Venedig, Rom, Amsterdam,…
‘I thought’: Alan Shearer shares what he really felt about Wilson Odobert after watching his Tottenham debut
Wilson Odobert was handed his Tottenham Hotspur debut against Everton. Spurs picked up their first win of the new Premier League season against the Toffees, and what a victory it was! It was a stunning performance from the hosts, who smashed four past …
Manchester United will complete one of their biggest-ever sales in the coming days after accepting a bid
Manchester United’s record in the transfer market has hardly been a ringing endorsement of the club’s officials pre-Ineos. However, the winds of change have blown this summer under Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s new-look recruitment and executive team. More than …
Manchester United will complete one of their biggest-ever sales in the coming days after accepting a bid
Manchester United’s record in the transfer market has hardly been a ringing endorsement of the club’s officials pre-Ineos. However, the winds of change have blown this summer under Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s new-look recruitment and executive team. More than …
Halle Berry is ‘still close friends’ with her childhood sweetheart
Halle Berry is still “close friends” with her high school sweetheart. The 58-year-old actress – who was initially married to David Justice from 1993 until 1997, then to Eric Benét from 2001 until 2005, and then to Olivier Martinez from 2013 until 2016 …