Tag Archives: world

Take the kids to … Monkey World, Dorset

Monkeying around is very much the order of the day at this Dorset family attraction where fun, conservation projects and chimp-themed shortbread collide

World Irish Dancing Championships – in pictures

Dancers from around the world were stomping the floorboards and leaping into the air as they showed off their best moves in Dublin recently. The event draws 5,000 performers from Ireland and overseas. Contestants range in age from eight to 30

Norway takes world’s happiest nation crown

Knocking their Scandi neighbours, Denmark, off the top of the happiness index, Norwegians put their joyful outlook down to shared experiences, the great outdoors – and lots of country cabins

Spinning around: DJ Tiësto tops list of the world’s most-travelled musicians

The Dutch dance music don has clocked up more than 1.5 million career miles. The freewheelin’ Bob Dylan trundled in third

Michael Palin takes travel writing prize, hymning genre’s open worldview

Honoured for his outstanding contribution to the genre, Palin says travel writing offers an international perspective ‘completely different’ to the US’s new outlook

The 10 most unaffordable cities for housing … and the most affordable city – in pictures

The 13th annual Demographia international housing affordability survey ranks the affordability of ‘middle-income’ housing in 406 cities – and for the seventh year running, one stood above the rest