Lonely Planet has launched a guide to the World's best breweries on the back of the micro revolution that has gripped the industry. Researched and compiled by a network of beer-loving travel writers and journalists, the new guide will help thirsty travellers discover the world’s most authentic and delicious beverages -...
The ‘inheritance economy’ is set to boom over the next ten years as rising wealth and higher mortality rates combine to raise the total value of inheritances to £1 trillion over the next decade. The total annual amounts passing from one generation to the next are forecast to rise from...
Amongst an ever diversifying spectrum of accommodation options it's difficult to know where hotel brands such as Accor's Novotel fit in. I remember when I got my first bar job there some 12 years ago getting a sense of unease about what the future held for the chain. Five or...
On a recent visit through San Fransisco's notorious hippie capital Haight-Ashbury The Guardian's Rory Carroll noted that the spirit of the Beat poets and flower children who gathered there to create a new paradigm of sharing and community has become an illusion. The bohemian idyll of Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey and the Merry...
Edgware and Stanmore are destinations that are as synonymous with tube station notice boards as please mind the gap signs are to underground station platforms - and they could also be your gateway to country living this summer. As the nights get longer and the weather becomes increasingly bearable Londoners...
A derelict terrace home which has been swamped by overgrown trees sold at auction today for a staggering £554,000 The three-bed property dubbed The Tree House is in an appalling condition after being neglected for years. But this didn't stop almost 100 people queuing up to view the home on...
Young Brits are turning to alcohol to deal with mental health issues, with a third saying they drink alcohol when they are feeling down. New research has revealed men are likely to reach for a bottle compared to women when times get tough, with younger people more inclined to rely on...
This week has seen the French political landscape change significantly on two fronts. Emmanuel Macron was elected the youngest President ever as head of a new party that exists outside of the dominant Parti socialiste on the left and Les Républicains on the right, an achievement that would have been considered impossible in a...
If 30 per cent more people under 25 vote, the Tories could lose the election. That's according to new Guardian analysis which has called on students and young people to mobilise this June. Recent analysis by YouGov shows that for every ten years older a person is, the likelihood they...