Author: Olivia Carter

June marks the start of summer wanderlust—school’s out, sunshine’s in full swing, and the travel world is buzzing with hot deals and dreamy destinations. Whether you’re chasing passport stamps, craving a scenic road trip, or planning a stateside staycation, now is the time to book before peak prices hit their highs. Nature lovers can head inland for a slower kind of magic: travelers can now save up to $300 with Amtrak on breathtaking rail journeys through America’s national parks. For those who prefer the open seas, Celebrity Cruises is offering 20% off sailings to the Galapagos Islands—where raw beauty meets…

UK manufacturing is expected to receive support to ease energy costs and boost skills, the Guardian understands, as part of a long-awaited industrial strategy due to be unveiled next week.Energy-intensive industries have long complained that they pay too much for electricity compared with competitors in the EU, while the wider industrial sector has struggled to recruit skilled staff.As Nigel Farage’s Reform party targets support in Britain’s industrial heartlands, ministers are poised to pour funds into boosting the manufacturing workforce with proposals similar to a £600m package for the construction sector announced earlier this year, which underpins plans to build 1.5m…

The UK is “behind the curve” among progressive nations, the assisted dying bill’s sponsor, Kim Leadbeater, has said on the eve of one of the most consequential votes for social change in England and Wales.The Labour MP said the circumstances may never be right again to pass such a bill, which would legalise assisted dying in England and Wales for terminally ill people with less than six months to live, subject to approval by two doctors and a panel of experts.Her intervention came amid more warnings about the safeguards in the bill, including from the Royal College of Psychiatrists and…

A new hotel discovery platform verifies luxury properties for both accessibility and inclusivity.The platform, called Inclusive Luxury Hotels, ensures all of its listings are committed to providing “conscious inclusivity” for travelers with mobility, sensory, and neurodivergent exceptionalities.Included in the listings are luxury properties in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Luxury travel just got a bit more inclusive, thanks to a new platform designed for discerning travelers with disabilities. Accessible travel company Inclu has just launched a new hotel discovery platform for travelers with disabilities called Inclusive Luxury Hotels. The platform features hotels that have been vetted (or are in…

When did you last experience total silence? In Hark, the author Alice Vincent goes to extreme lengths to eradicate noise as she spends time in an anechoic chamber, a heavily soundproofed space designed to swallow up sound waves. There she becomes aware of the noises of her own body, from involuntary swallowing to the soft, high-pitched ringing in her ears. But rather than feel unease, she is “confronted with a comfort I couldn’t have imagined – and a familiarity with quietude I didn’t realise I was living in”.Hark is a book about listening, being heard and the author’s shifting relationship with sound in…

Computer chip giant Texas Instruments (TI) will invest more than $60bn (£44.74bn) in the US, as President Donald Trump pressures big technology firms to increase manufacturing in the country.The company said it plans to build or expand seven chip-making facilities at three sites in Texas and Utah, and create 60,000 jobs. TI did not give a detailed timeline for the investment.The Dallas-based firm described the move as the “largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in US history.”It follows similar announcements from others manufacturing semiconductors, including Micron, which said last week that it would increase its planned spending in the US…

The leader of the Blue Labour group has said he will vote against the assisted dying bill – one of the most high-profile switchers – as both sides make their final pleas to MPs before Friday’s crunch vote.It comes as campaigners and bereaved relatives joined the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater ahead of the third reading of the bill, to urge parliament to back the reforms, saying it would be at least a decade before another chance to change the law.The bill would legalise assisted dying for mentally competent adults in their final months of life.Dan Carden, who previously abstained, said…

A 1960s photo in Ferrari’s Maranello workshop—where Enzo Ferrari founded the famous automotive company in 1947—shows a glamorous lady wearing fur and cat-eye sunglasses observing Ferrari craftsmen at work. During an in-studio preview, creative director Rocco Iannone explained that the image is one of the main focuses of the resort 2026 collection. It’s important because it exemplifies the brand’s cultural status, a carmaker so well known that “the word Ferrari itself is commonly used as an absolute comparative,” as Iannone put it. With this in mind, he designed a collection that keeps the workshop at its heart.The opening looks are…

SpaceX said the Starship rocket experienced a “major anomaly” during preparations for its 10th flight test at Starbase, Texas.

Gennaro Gattuso said all the things he was expected to say at his first appearance as Italy manager. He talked about the need to restore enthusiasm to an Azzurri side whose morale has been dented by recent setbacks, as well as that sense of shared purpose that bonded him to teammates in the World Cup-winning side of 2006.The word he kept coming back to was “family”, insisting: “That’s the most important thing, more than tactics or formations.” His is not a vision of paternalistic authority but of a group close enough to speak hard truths to each other’s faces.“In moments…