Views on the coronavirus’s global impact

"What I’ve certainly learned is that it’s much better to enjoy spending more time with a family than to work. We need less than what we think and what our lifestyle has enticed us to do. Home will be the same a few hundred years from now; you can paint it and everything will be the same, but people change from year to year and are never the same again" says Spomenka Saraga from Zagreb, Croatia.

The Talbot Hotel, Malton

I was allocated a sizable ground floor bedroom at the back of the hotel, with a sash window that opened onto the garden. The quiet location and heavy curtains ensured that even on a summer’s night I was able to sleep well. The décor of my room was classically English in pastel colours, with framed prints on the walls. The en suite bathroom was stocked with Penhaligon’s toiletries.

Model shipbuilding around the world

People have been building models of boats and ships for millennia. These days, thanks to the internet, you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your own home to dip your toe in the water, so to speak, and start putting together a kit or begin building a collection.

Portugal’s Monument to the Discoveries

The Monument to the Discoveries is today as just as much a part of the Belem landscape as the nearby Hieronymites Monastery (the ‘Mosteiro dos Jerónimos’ as it is known in Portuguese), the ornate Manueline structure which is today classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.