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They’ve inspired four award-winning books, blockbuster movies and a global fan following. But many of the key scenes in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit are based on little-known places in the British countryside. Expert John Garth spent years retracing the esteemed author’s footsteps and painstakingly studying influences on him during the 20th century … Read more
Famous buildings and structures will go dark between 8.30pm and 9.30pm tonight as part of an international event organised by WWF to urge action to save the planet. Andy Ridley, who was one of the driving forces behind Earth Hour when it began in Sydney, Australia, in 2007, said the world has the chance to … Read more
Britain has turned into a ghost country, where the streets of London are now shadows of their former selves and popular destinations around the country are deserted since Boris Johnson imposed a coronavirus lockdown. The change feels most drastic in London, one of the world’s biggest capital cities. Its nine-million population are nowhere to be … Read more
Italian streets and piazzas were empty today while shoppers crammed into supermarkets to stock up for a lengthy quarantine as the country began an unprecedented nationwide lockdown. Tourist favourites including Milan’s shopping galleries, Rome’s Spanish Steps and Vatican’s St Peter’s Square were all but deserted today after the drastic coronavirus measures were extended to the … Read more
Photographers have captured the stunning March super ‘worm’ moon as it lights up natural landmarks, modern buildings and ancient monuments across the globe. The ‘worm moon’, named that way to represent the beginning of springtime, reached its peak brightness in the sky over the UK at about 17:48 GMT on Monday. It was a ‘spectacularly … Read more
UK and U.S tourists were asked to draw some of the world’s most famous landmarks from memory and the results range from the amazingly good to the shockingly bad. And overall, it seems that it’s Americans who are the better artists with higher accuracy scores than the Brits. In total, 132 people aged 18 to … Read more
Parliament, Budapest The Hungarian Parliament building, a celebrated example of Neo-Gothic architecture. It’s more than 100 years old. The Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest Alcatraz, San Francisco A former maximum-security prison located on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, off the coast of California – once home to the country’s most dangerous criminals. Carnac, Brittany … Read more
An airport in midtown Manhattan, a Gothic tower in Union Square and a Grecian-inspired monument on Roosevelt Island. They might seem like wacky throwaway ideas. But they were all once ambitious, considered plans that could have changed the face of New York forever. Of course, none of these schemes went ahead – the amount of … Read more
It’s London as you’ve never seen it before. That is unless you have X-ray vision. These fascinating illustrations peel back the exteriors of some of the capital’s most instantly recognisable buildings to reveal a fascinating cross-section of the interior. The buildings featured include the Elizabeth Tower, which houses Big Ben and a little known prison, … Read more