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The Isle of Wight – England’s largest island, cast adrift from the South Coast near Portsmouth – is home to an array of fabulous beaches, fascinating dinosaur-fossil finds and the hulking chalk rocks of the Needles. The Isle of Wight reopened to travellers on 4 July, who usually arrive by Wightlink ferry. We caught up with Keith Greenfield, CEO of Wightlink, to find out more about the island’s experience of coronavirus, and the company’s plans going forwards.

«Do you know much about Yorkshire?» my French-Italian manager asked me on my first week at my new job at Rough Guides.

In Saxony, Christmas is like a fifth season. Come the end of November, German Christmas markets pop up all across the region. As there are so many picturesque historic towns, you can imagine the scene is perfectly set for “glühweining” and roast sausage eating against the backdrop of beautiful architecture.

Over 100 people were trapped for several hours in Greenway, the former home of famed British mystery writer Agatha Christie, in the English countryside on Friday.

Canada is calling remote workers — with a specific skill set — to make the country home in a new digital nomad initiative.  

The historic former home of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass will reopen to the public on July 4 for the first time since 2020.