Tripadvisor reveals world’s best experiences for 2020

A Dubai desert barbecue and camel ride trip has been named by Tripadvisor as its No1 experience, with a pizza and gelato cooking class in a Tuscan farmhouse in second place. They have both been honoured in the 2020 Travellers’ Choice Experiences awards, with the Harry Potter Walking Tour for Muggles in London claiming the … Read more

Tripadvisor reveals the best experiences for 2020 from a Dubai desert BBQ to a Harry Potter tour

A Dubai desert barbecue and camel ride trip has been named by Tripadvisor as its No1 experience, with a pizza and gelato cooking class in a Tuscan farmhouse in second place. They have both been honoured in the 2020 Travellers’ Choice Experiences awards, with the Harry Potter Walking Tour for Muggles in London claiming the … Read more

Tripadvisor reveals most popular experiences for 2020 from a Dubai desert BBQ to a Harry Potter tour

A Dubai desert barbecue and camel ride trip has been named by Tripadvisor as its No1 experience, with a pizza and gelato cooking class in a Tuscan farmhouse in second place. They have both been honoured in the 2020 Travellers’ Choice Experiences awards, with the Harry Potter Walking Tour for Muggles in London claiming the … Read more

Life in lockdown on Corona Road: Their aptly named street is a snapshot of all our experiences

The name, inevitably, causes sniggers. But the joke is wearing thin on residents of Corona Road, in the London borough of Lewisham, as they face the Covid-19 challenge along with everyone else in less topically named streets.  The road was so-named because the land used to be owned by the Crown but today’s residents represent … Read more

Shamima Begum did seem convincingly disenchanted by her experiences, writes RICHARD PENDLEBURY 

A slight, watchful figure, she perched on a sofa in the camp commandant’s office studying me. Having had no visitors for many months, she was very wary. ‘What are you?’ she asked finally. I didn’t need to ask her the same question. By then her face was instantly recognisable; the so-called poster girl for Islamic … Read more

Stores are offering one-to-one shopping experiences – in your own home

Most of us love shopping, but many of us (me included) find the actual, umm, shop bit rather painful. The traipsing round with armfuls of clothes, hangers jabbing you, the brutal lighting in changing rooms, the deafening music. Need I go on? Unless you’re that rare breed who loves the thrill of the chase, the … Read more

WhatsApp experiences global outage with thousands affected

You may think your friends are ignoring you in WhatsApp, but the silence is a result of an outage. The Facebook-owned app experienced issues around 4pm ET and has plagued tens of thousands of users across the globe. Many reported issues with connecting to the platform, along with sending or receiving messages and logging in. … Read more

WhatsApp experiences global outage that leaves thousands of users unable to chat with friends  

WhatsApp is DOWN! Facebook-owned app experiences global outage that leaves thousands of users unable to chat with friends WhatsApp is down for tens of thousands of users across  the globe  Users report not being able to connect to the app or send and receive messages  Issues began to surfaced on DownDetector around 4pm ET Tuesday It’s … Read more

Ellie Goulding reveals she recorded her hit singles while drunk as she shares her #MeToo experiences

‘I don’t know many musicians who aren’t fuelled by something’: Ellie Goulding reveals she recorded some of her hit singles while drunk as she shares her own #MeToo experiences By Roxy Simons For Mailonline Published: 18:41 BST, 10 July 2020 | Updated: 18:42 BST, 10 July 2020 Ellie Goulding has revealed she recorded some of … Read more

NHS paediatrician shares everyday racism he experiences

NHS workers share the shocking racism they’ve experienced at work, including being told ‘shouldn’t you work in a curry house?’ and ‘where are you REALLY from?’ NHS medical professionals have been sharing their experiences of racism while at work, including being asked ‘where are you really from?’   Thread on Twitter posted by London-based paediatrician Dr … Read more