The Great Banyan | The tree in India that looks like a forest
What looks like a dense forest on the outskirts of Kolkata, West Bengal, is in fact a single tree with thousands of aerial roots, known as The Great...
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Japan’s most remote ramen shop on the island of Rishiri
On the Japanese island of Rishiri, off the northwestern tip of Hokkaido, is a small ramen restaurant. It is a family-owned shop and only open for two...
Would you try the Icelandic bread baked with lava?
Iceland’s unique climate is one of the most famous on the planet, with its volcanoes, lakes and hot springs all wildly popular tourist attractions. B...
Inside India’s beautiful Blue City of Jodhpur
Jodhpur is the second largest city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is home to over 1.5 million people, as well as an extensive cultural...
What is the oldest university in the world?
There are tens of thousands of universities worldwide, and many of them have long and distinguished pasts. But which is the oldest?...
Why do we say “Bless You” when someone sneezes?
Across the English-speaking world, the phrase “bless you” regularly follows a sneeze. It’s instinctive and we deliver it without necessarily knowi...
Susie Dent’s Top 10s: Ten Old-fashioned Profanities
Swearing has come a long way from 'bejabbers' and 'crinkum-crankum'. They're just two of Susie Dent's favourite old-fashioned profanities, in this...
Burj Al Babas | Turkey's abandoned Gothic village
In northwestern Turkey, on the outskirts of a village called Mudurnu, sit hundreds and hundreds of abandoned castles - 732 to be exact. What once...
The origin of the Paralympics
With the Paralympic Games in Paris set to get underway next week, we’re looking at the origins of the competition....
This is Lake Hillier, Australia's bright pink salt lake
It looks like something out of Greta Gerwig’s Barbie Land, but this pink lake is very real. Its name is Lake Hillier and it’s found on a small isl...
Susie Dent’s Top 10s: Ten words for how you might be feeling
Here are ten descriptors from the historical dictionary that you can dip into whenever you are looking for the mot juste for your state of mind (or,...
Inside the French tradition of the Waiters’ Race
Paris was recently inundated with Olympic athletes searching for their sport’s ultimate prize, but these streets have also hosted a slightly less i...
