Historic ‘wine windows’ used by vintners in Tuscany to hand people their favourite tipple during plague 400 years ago come back into use during coronavirus Restaurants and cafes in Tuscany are reopening their 17th century wine windows They were originally used during the plague so merchants could sell their wine Small business owners are now selling … Read more
Hey, good lookin’! Welcome to the most eye-catching hotels in the world – architectural gems so aesthetically pleasing that they’ve been deemed worthy of inclusion in the Design Hotels collection, ‘a handpicked portfolio of one-of-a-kind properties across the globe’. Here we present our picks of a most impressive crop, from a jaw-dropping resort in the … Read more
Friendship is everything: Sicilian Mafia could be dismantled by using social network analysis to map syndicate members’ connections, study claims Criminal networks like the Mafia are hard for law enforcement to disrupt Researchers from the UK and Italy studied data on a real-life Mafia syndicate They report a way to pick the members whose arrest would be … Read more
America is the top expat destination for Britons looking to move abroad, a study has revealed. The contenders were the United Nation’s ten most popular destinations among UK expats – Australia, USA, Canada, Spain, Ireland, New Zealand, France, South Africa, Germany and Italy. And 15 key ‘liveability’ characteristics that define a popular expat destination were … Read more
A California man says he feels lucky to be alive after he was hospitalized for more than two months following a bout with the novel coronavirus and had to have most of his fingers amputated. Gregg Garfield, 54, from Studio City, fell ill after going on a ski trip with a group of friends in … Read more
Summer holidays are back on as the government has released a list of more than 60 quarantine-exempt countries. France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Croatia and Greece are among the popular destinations that Britons can travel to from July 10 without needing to self-isolate on their return. Here we look at the best travel routes and accommodation … Read more
Burgers are the dish of choice in lockdown… with the weather starting to sizzle, in absence of a van, why not ramp up the vin instead By Olly Smith Event for The Mail on Sunday Published: 16:00 BST, 29 May 2020 | Updated: 16:00 BST, 29 May 2020 The dish of choice in lockdown lately … Read more