Greetings to everyone who has visited this page. Today’s warm day – somewhere on the border between June and July – seemed to have asked me to sit down at the keyboard and share my thoughts about one ...

Lovers of all things magical, Mark Twain National Forest is utterly incredible, and this one Missouri hike offers a front-row seat to each and every wonder. Hidden deep within the utterly incredible ...

Japhy Dhungana and Zach Lovell have made the first free ascent of 'Dr. Bear Love' on Merriam Peak (3,993m) in the Sierra Nevada, USA. The 400m route was established in 2012 by Luke Stefurak and Casey ...

Detroit Opera's production of "The Handmaid's Tale" was a timely and thought-provoking performance. While the orchestra's performance was strong, the opera's vocal melodies were considerably less ...

Sales of books have been hit by the UK cost-of-living squeeze. The number of books sold fell 2 per cent to 191m last year as consumers cut back and more people tuned into audiobooks. Philip Stone, ...

France is renowned for its magnificent châteaux and rural estates, particularly the breathtaking Château d'Ussé in the Loire Valley, which is thought to have inspired Charles Perrault's Sleeping ...