Make the most of the Alps in summer with our pick of accommodation in Italy, France, Switzerland and Austria for hiking, cycling, family activities or just glorious Alpine views ITALY Camping Seiser Alm, Fiè allo Scillar, Dolomites It seems ridiculous to comment on the beauty of the washrooms when you’ve got a spacious, grassy pitch at […]
THERE comes a time when you have to take a good hard look at yourself and realise there are some things you’ve just outgrown. So when it comes to travelling, you don’t want to be that creepy old person still living the backpacking dream. Matador have put together a list of reasons why you’re too old to […]
As the patron saint of Italian fashion turns 80, we reveal eight interesting Armani facts, from his favourite football team to his collaboration with the pope Giorgio Armani in January 2014. Photograph: Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images Becoming an octogenarian is something to celebrate whatever your line of work – but to turn 80 in fashion, and still […]
LIKE her high-profile parents, Chelsea Clinton is becoming a draw on the speaking circuit, with some organisations shelling out as much as $80,000 per speech. Attention to the younger Clinton’s speaking fees, first reported by The New York Times , comes as her mother, Hillary Rodham Clinton, commands a reported $213,000 or more per speech while she considers […]
AUSTRALIANS have given in to bad habits and given up on their desire to lead a healthy life. The defeatist attitude is driving the nation’s massive overweight and obesity rate and is the reason chronic diseases are on the rise. While nearly three in four of us aspire to live in good health only one in five expect to […]
National Crime Agency leads campaign to knock out Shakespearian malware that infected at least 30,000 PCs The Shylock malware takes its name from one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters. Photograph: UniversalImagesGroup/Getty Images The UK’s National Crime Agency has led a global campaign to knock out the Shylock malware, which infected at least 30,000 Windows PCs […]
Picture: Supplied Source: NewsComAu AN American girl, who was thought to have been cleared of HIV, has seen her infection return, US scientists say. The child, now four, was born in 2010 in Mississippi to an HIV-infected mother who was untreated during pregnancy. The baby was given a potent dose of antiretroviral medication 30 hours after birth, […]
David Drummond, chief legal officer of internet search firm, says adjusting to EU rule on removing content is ‘work in progress’ Under a European court judgment Google may have to remove web links if it receives a complaint. Photograph: Michael Gottschalk/Photothek/Getty Images Google has acknowledged that it “incorrectly” removed links to several Guardian articles last […]
Hundreds of firefighters, in their matching dress blues, mourned a fallen colleague on Thursday, honoring the memory of Lt. Gordon Matthew Ambelas, who died last weekend fighting a blaze at a Brooklyn high-rise building. On a muggy summer day, a procession of relatives and public officials moved through the streets of southeastern Staten Island, past tents, tables […]
Game of Thrones author says readers’ worries that he might die before finishing novel series the TV show is based on are ‘pretty offensive’ George RR Martin: ‘Fuck you to those people. Photograph: Still from Tages Anzeiger’s video interview George RR Martin has issued a definitive “fuck you” to fans wondering if he will finish his […]