By World Travel Magazine | Staff Writer | 7/3/2025 11:30 AM
If you’re heading to London this summer and fancy an Afternoon Tea that’s more Voulez-Vous than Victorian, there’s one place that’s turning teatime into a full-blown ABBA-inspired party. Just a few minutes from the Novello Theatre—where the MAMMA MIA! musical has been shimmying its way through the West End for an astonishing 26 years—you’ll find […]
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Kynren takes audiences on a breathtaking journey through 2,000 years of iconic British history, myth and legend.
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By World Travel Magazine | Rachel Owens | 7/2/2025 2:28 PM
Where Time Lounges and Luxury Lingers: A Sensory Escape to Taormina. There are places that sparkle on postcards—and then there’s Taormina. Suspended between the sky and the Ionian Sea, this Sicilian gem doesn’t just seduce; it envelops. With its ancient amphitheatres, sun-drenched piazzas, and terraces spilling over with bougainvillaea, Taormina is a stage for life’s […]
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By World Travel Magazine | Rachel Owens | 7/1/2025 4:39 AM
From sun-drenched beach shacks to chic hillside hideouts, Sri Lanka’s café culture is a mirror of the island’s evolving soul. Fuelled by the rise of creative locals, adventurous travellers, and a booming wellness wave, cafés across the island now serve more than just caffeine—they offer identity, community, and escape. Whether you’re sipping a turmeric latte […]
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By World Travel Magazine | Christine Lee | 6/30/2025 7:41 AM
There are private islands—and then there’s Little Jumby. Floating just off the northern coast of Antigua, this tiny slice of Caribbean heaven houses one of the region’s newest and most exclusive hideaways: The Hut. It’s not just a beach club—it’s a destination in itself. Accessible only by boat, framed by swathes of turquoise sea, and […]
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By World Travel Magazine | Christine Lee | 6/30/2025 3:45 AM
There’s a moment, just as the Penang sun begins to dip, when the white façade of Macalister Mansion glows like an old film reel—washed in gold, humming with secrets. And on its terrace, where life-sized rattan tigers prowl through a forest of palm trees and bamboo giraffes peer from behind Toile de Jouy parasols, it’s […]
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Follow in the tracks of the hardy cameleers, whose coast-to-coast journeys paved the way for an iconic rail route
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By World Travel Magazine | Christine Lee | 6/30/2025 1:38 AM
Ibiza has always been more than a party. For those of us who live half our lives from a carry-on and the other half in oversized sunglasses, it’s a season — a feeling. And this summer, one of fashion’s oldest icons decided to crash the scene. Boldly. Beautifully. British-ly. Burberry’s seasonal popup at The Standard, […]
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With the USA’s Native Nations finding new ways to share their culture with travellers, CEO of the American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Sherry L Rupert reveals how you can connect with Indigenous communities across the country
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I have had several pairs of KEEN shoes over the years and have always…
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By The Travel Magazine | Natasha Blair | 6/27/2025 11:25 AM
A Midsummer Night’s Dream at London's The Bridge Theatre is reimagined and great fun.
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By The Travel Magazine | Sophie Ibbotson | 6/27/2025 9:59 AM
The Aral Sea offers a unique travel experience. Find out why you should visit this remarkable region while it still has water.
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By The Travel Magazine | Nick Dalton | 6/27/2025 8:58 AM
In Laugharne, long-time home of writer Dylan Thomas, this spectacular spot is growing bigger and better.
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Shanghai is a city and financial hub built on rivers and a huge delta. Its recently revamped waterways, creeks and canals are offering modern-day travellers a unique way to get beneath the skin of Shanghai.
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By The Travel Magazine | Valery Collins | 6/26/2025 8:26 AM
Explore how Sri Lanka is embracing sustainability through Jetwing Hotels and Earthbound Creations for a greener future.
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A burgeoning arts district, avant-garde galleries and new daily flights from London mean this Pennsylvania city should be on every art-lover’s bucket list.
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By World Travel Magazine | Christine Lee | 6/25/2025 8:36 AM
A recent visit to Tokyo reminded me that amid its kinetic energy, the city offers surprising spaces of tranquillity. Hidden behind glass doors and garden gates are cafés that feel more like greenhouses than eateries—where foliage cascades from the ceiling, sunlight dapples wooden tables, and your coffee break turns into a botanical retreat. Whether tucked […]
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By The Travel Magazine | Rupert Parker | 6/24/2025 5:09 PM
The department of Aisne, in Northern France, offers imposing medieval cathedrals, art deco cities, a workers utopia and fine champagne.
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By The Travel Magazine | Nick Dalton | 6/24/2025 6:57 AM
Fed up with package holidays offering nothing better than pub crawls, Kirk Field went…
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Gastronomic capital of France, Lyon offers a city break destination packed with both cultural and culinary surprises.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 3, 2025 is:
desultory \DEH-sul-tor-ee\ adjective
Desultory is a formal word used to describe something that lacks a plan or purpose, or that occurs without regularity. It can also describe something unconnected to a main subject, or something that is disappointing in progress, performance, or quality.
// After graduation, I moved from job to job in a more or less desultory manner before finding work I liked.
// The team failed to cohere over the course of the season, stumbling to a desultory fifth place finish.
“One other guy was in the waiting room when I walked in. As we sat there past the scheduled time of our appointments, we struck up a desultory conversation. Like me, he’d been in the hiring process for years, had driven down from Albuquerque the night before, and seemed nervous. He asked if I’d done any research on the polygraph. I said no, and asked him the same question. He said no. We were getting our first lies out of the way.” — Justin St. Germain, “The Memoirist and the Lie Detector,” New England Review, 2024
Did you know?
The Latin adjective desultorius was used by the ancient Romans to describe a circus performer (called a desultor) whose trick was to leap from horse to horse without stopping. English speakers took the idea of the desultorius performer and coined the word desultory to describe that which figuratively “jumps” from one thing to another, without regularity, and showing no sign of a plan or purpose. (Both desultor and desultorius, by the way, come from the Latin verb salire, meaning “to leap.”) A desultory conversation leaps from one topic to another, and a desultory comment is one that jumps away from the topic at hand. Meanwhile a desultory performance is one resulting from an implied lack of steady, focused effort.