4 h. ago British Museum to close on key day in summer – but it won’t say why

Exclusive: Speculation that the closure is related to French president Emmanuel Macron’s state visit as 18,000 visitors face disappointment

Politics

48 h. ago Inside the human remains museum with preserved bodies and woman turned into soap

More than 100,000 curious visitors each year flock to the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, which dates back to 1849. It was originally a small collection of medical teaching aids, including human remains

Events

3 d. ago ‘It really felt like I was in a fairytale’: Mustafa Seven’s best phone picture

The Turkish photographer on outsmarting the tourists to get the perfect shotMustafa Seven and his friend Hazem were attempting to escape the tourists in an Austrian village when they took this image. Rumoured to have inspired Disney’s Frozen franchise, Hallstatt has been known to attract up to 10,000 visitors a day during high season. Seven had seen many Instagram shots of the place and was curious to visit. He was taken aback by what he found.“There were tourist buses and people everywhere,” he says. “Frankly, neither of us like taking landscape photos, but the fairytale surroundings pulled us along. When I realised every image I’d shot had someone in the frame, we decided to change our route and walk up the slips of the village instead.” Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Nick Kyrgios still a regular at pub where he drank the night before Nadal clash

Dog & Fox staff say the Australian ‘has been nothing but nice’ on return visits since the 2019 Wimbledon headlines.

Politics

5 d. ago The ale expert who has visited 24,000 pubs and drank 60,000 pints

Peter has ticked off drinking in every pub in Wales, had a pint on 69 islands around the UK and visited a boozer in every British county

Politics

1 week ago Kim Jong Un watches swimmers use waterslide as North Korea opens huge beach resort to boost tourism

The retreat, on North Korea’s east coast, can accommodate up to 20,000 visitors, according to state media

Society

1 week ago Kim Jong Un watches tourists use waterslide as North Korea opens huge beach resort to boost tourism

The retreat, on North Korea’s east coast, can accommodate up to 20,000 visitors, according to state media

Society

1 week ago Scots 'Birthplace' of modern commandos to become site of new heritage centre

The new centre would sit beside the Commando Memorial, which attracts 100,000 visitors a year

Politics

2 w. ago From Channel crossing to channel surfing: Migrant arrivals' TV licence fees, bowling trips and trampoline visits have been funded by the taxpayer

The party's 'Doge' unit found more than £24,000 had been spent by Kent county council on the extravagant visits, alongside spending sprees at JD Sports and PCWorld.

Economics

3 w. ago Town in ruins as caravans and fields left full of litter after annual fair

The annual Appleby Horse Fair in Cumbria, which has been running since the 12th century, was expected to attract about 10,000 members of the Gypsy and traveller community, and as many as 30,000 visitors, but left fields strewn with rubbish

Politics

3 w. ago Senior uni staff rack up more than £160,000 visiting exotic locations since 2022

Aberdeen University vice-chancellor Professor George Boyne and his senior management team spent £126,992 on airfares alone to places including New York, Doha, India, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Economics

4 w. ago London’s V&A Storehouse museum lets visitors get their hands on 5,000 years of creativity

Most big collections have only a fraction of their items on display, with the rest locked away in storage

Politics