An illuminating 200th birthday tour with the Lady of the Lamp: Exploring Florence Nightingale’s family home and the museum dedicated to her Next week marks the 200th birthday of inspirational nurse Florence Nightingale Her former family home in Derbyshire is now a B&B – you can stay in her bedroom London’s St Thomas’s Hospital hosts … Read more
Edinburgh to London at over 3,000mph: Mesmerising speeded-up driver’s-eye footage of a train completing the capital-to-capital journey in SIX MINUTES LNER has released fascinating footage of the trip down the east coast of the UK During the six-minute clip, the train travels at the equivalent speed of 3,274mph Places it passes along the way include Newcastle, … Read more
These photographs are a tonic for troubled times. They’re MailOnline Travel’s pick of the 50 images shortlisted in a contest called #Spring2020, run by photo app Agora. It asked photographers around the world to send in their best shots of the season that breathes new life into the world. In total 14,596 photos were submitted … Read more
Since we can’t go on holiday – here’s how to bring a bit of holiday into your home. MailOnline Travel asked staff members from some of Britain’s poshest hotels – including The Landmark London and The Lowry in Manchester, as well as a designer and etiquette expert William Hanson – for advice on adding five-star-hotel … Read more
It’s a stopping service like no other. Behold what is undoubtedly going to be one of the most sensational hotel openings of 2020 – a set of 13 restored train carriages that will house 31 luxury rooms positioned on an epic bridge inside South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Views of the local wildlife will be … Read more
Magical new photographs of the wild horses that live on a bewitching island off the east coast of America Cumberland Island was the setting for John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette’s wedding in 1996 It’s home to a 150-strong herd of wild horses, which roams free across beaches and dunes The spirited animals have … Read more
You can’t fly to a five-star celebrity-baiting hotel in the Maldives for a luxurious spa treatment – but you can make one. And all you need for a spot of lockdown pampering are foods that you can buy in the supermarket. Behold the ‘Edible Spa Menu’, courtesy of the Coco Bodu Hithi hotel in the … Read more
Two prisoners escape open jails EACH WEEK including murderers and rapists – and more than 630 have absconded in the past five years, figures show Inmates transferred to Category D ‘open’ prisons to test readiness for release Some vanished after being allowed out to work or to attend classes or see family Escapees since 2015 … Read more
Take a walk on the wacky side! When pavements and cycle paths amaze, shock and amuse – from 3D art to hilariously woeful repairs MailOnline Travel has scoured the globe for some of the wackiest walkways One 3D artist created a piece of street art turning a path into a gaping crevasse Disconnected paving slabs and … Read more
Some of Britain’s best-kept secrets, whether stately homes with hidden rooms or bars with concealed entrances, come with fascinating histories. Other gems have been rescued from decades of neglect and brought back to life by passionate volunteers. Nature plays its part too, with ancient woodlands, rivers and coastlines that are a wonderful world away from … Read more