Get back into nature with a night’s stay at Iceland’s Buubble Hotel, which offers magical clear bubbles with unparalleled views of wild forests, millions of stars, and the midnight sun. With two hotel locations with nine bubbles each, one on Iceland’s Golden Circle and one on the country’s south coast, […]

Professional photographer Ravi Hongal hired a design company to build his family a giant house that looks like a camera. The house, located in Shastri Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka, India, took two years to build, costing roughly 7.5 million Indian rupee ($US102,500). Aptly named “Click,” the home has three storeys, each […]

From the red carpet to the footpaths of New York, Blake Lively never misses an opportunity to wear a two-piece – and “business with a twist” has become her unofficial sartorial slogan. Designers including Ralph Lauren and Versace are known to be some of the actresses’ favourites. “The Shallows” star […]

The Warner Bros. Studio Tour is coming to Tokyo in 2023. Harry Potter fans in Japan and tourists visiting Tokyo will be able to tour iconic sets like Diagon Alley and Hogwarts castle. The theme park will also display props and costumes used in the movies based on J. K. […]

When I moved to New York earlier this year, I signed up for a part-time dog walking gig to help me earn extra income. During the first two weeks I had a hard time bonding with Watson, a French Bulldog, so when the coronavirus pandemic hit the city, I stopped […]

Wine windows were used in Florence during the Italian Plague so palaces could sell off surplus wine without touching the lower classes. Hundreds of years later, innovative Florentines have reopened wine windows to dispense everything from coffee to cocktails in a COVID-friendly way. Wine windows, or buchette del vino, are […]

“Nadiya’s Time to Eat,” the cooking show hosted by former “Great British Bake-Off” winner Nadiya Hussain, was released on Netflix on April 29, 2020, just as people were cooking more due to quarantine. I tried her sheet pan pancake hack, and it changed the way I cook breakfast. Pancakes are […]

Some of the greatest movies and TV shows related to the world of media are available on streaming services like Netflix and Amazon Prime, or via the online platforms of networks like HBO and NBC. “The Post” follows The Washington Post’s staff as they venture to publish the infamous “Pentagon […]

When it became possible to travel from the UK to Italy following the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided to visit Instagram-famous destination Cinque Terre. There were far fewer tourists there than usual, and it was a rare chance to see the popular beauty spot in its original form. […]

In February 2019, a friend and I – who dubbed ourselves the @vanmigos– embarked on a journey to explore the Americas in our camper van, affectionately named Vanessa. Vanessa and I had landed back in Guatemala when the COVID-19 pandemic pressed pause on the world, resulting in a countrywide lockdown […]

I worked with a friendship coach so that I could feel less socially awkward. For me, making new friends can feel overwhelmingly hard and sometimes uncomfortable. Preparing yourself for social situations is the key to feeling confident, I found out. Understanding how conversations work will also let you level up […]

Between 1994 and 2008, one of Disney’s studios was tasked with producing straight-to-VHS and straight-to-DVD sequels to their biggest classics. From “Cinderella III” to “The Lion King 1½,” their level of quality and success vary widely. Most of these sequels, prequels, and midquels weren’t really warranted and don’t expand the […]

I decided to stop washing my hair for two weeks to see how it would affect my scalp and hair condition. At first, my hair got extra greasy and sticky and felt gross to touch. I kept going with the experiment and my hair started to get very dry. While […]

Although Mulan is the only Disney Princess of East Asian descent, the original Mulan cartoon was a massive flop in China. Disney pulled out all the stops to make the movie a hit and even had Jackie Chan perform “I’ll Make a Man Out of You.” However, while government restrictions […]

Greece has managed to slow down the infection rate of COVID-19, and is ready to welcome tourists from June 15. The country is offering cheaper flights to visitors by cutting transportation taxes this summer, so it could become more popular than ever as international travel becomes safe again. I’m Greek, […]

Netflix’s show “Hollywood” has been one of its lockdown headliners. Created by Ryan Murphy and starring A-list stars like Patti LuPore, Darren Criss, and Jim Parsons, the show follows a group of aspiring actors, writers, and filmmakers in 1940s Hollywood. In this alt-history series, Murphy seems to suggest that women, […]

Using canned Pillsbury Crescent Roll dough helped me learn how to cook when I was a teenager. Just because you know how to bake from scratch doesn’t mean you always need to, and prepared dough can provide a blank canvas to experiment with flavour. There are dozens of ways to […]