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As 2027 approaches, we’re officially closer to 2030 than we are to the first lockdown. Although life has (sort of) gone back to normal, one thing that changed for good during the pandemic was office life. Remember the days before working from home on a Friday? Us neither. While many of us have settled into a hybrid set-up, splitting the week between home and the office, others have cut ties with the workplace completely. Meet the digital nomad: no longer tied to one place, this lucky lot flits from country to country, working totally remotely and blissfully free from the morning commute.  There are downsides to the digital nomad lifestyle, but it’s still easy to see why so many people are packing up and moving across the world. Plenty of destinations are pitching themselves as dreamy remote-working spots, with visas that let you live and work there for up to a year or more. The catch? You’ll usually need to earn above a minimum salary threshold. Here’s are all the countries offering digital nomad visas in 2027, and how you can qualify. Plus, here’s what it’s actually like to be a digital nomad, and how to become one yourself. RECOMMENDED:🌃 The world’s best cities🏘️ The world’s coolest neighbourhoods

Most movie years post-pandemic have felt like rollercoasters, but 2026 so far has been particularly up-and-down – and at its highest points, especially exciting. Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day disappointed while Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey took on one of the oldest epics in literature and surpassed even the loftiest expectations. Several titanic franchises flopped hard, while smaller films like Obsession and Backrooms, made by total unknowns,  have come bursting through the box-office glass ceiling. The likes of Project Hail Mary and Toy Story 5 may not qualify as ‘original stories’, but both displayed an intelligence, emotionality and sense of crowd-pleasing fun missing from many of the IP-flogging blockbusters of the recent past. All in all, a pretty good year – and we haven’t even hit awards season yet. For now, though, here’s the best of what we’ve seen to date. 📺 The best TV and streaming shows of 2026 (so far)😂 The best comedy movies of 2026🔥 The 100 greatest movies ever made

Are we still in the Golden Age of Television? Probably not. Since the end of Succession, it hasn’t felt like there’s been a major prestige series to grip the culture in a way similar to Breaking Bad, Mad Men et al. But it doesn’t mean there isn’t still great stuff to watch – stuff that, as they go along, could grow into one of those zeitgeist-gripping all-timers. In 2026, that includes the likes of HBO’s Industry, which has grown from cult fave to must-watch over four seasons, and The Pitt, still probably the best show currently on despite its, let’s say, fervent fanbase. And don’t forget Heated Rivalry, Bait and yet another Game of Thrones spinoff, A Knight of Seven Kingdoms. We’ve put off sleep and watched them all to determine the best TV of the year so far.  Recommended: 📽️ The best movies of 2026 (so far)🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025📺 The 100 greatest TV shows of all time

It seems the tide might be finally turning when it comes to where – and how – we travel. In some of the world’s most visited cities and destinations, overtourism has become such a pressing issue that travellers are finally starting to look elsewhere, keen to avoid adding to the problem and eager to discover what else the world has to offer. Trends like the ‘quiet-cation’ and the ‘coolcation’ are on the rise, while popular destinations like Japan and Italy continue to come up with ways to redistribute tourism from densely crowded hotspots to lesser-visited regions. If you’re trying to be a more responsible traveller in 2027 – or if you’re simply craving quieter, cheaper alternatives to the overcrowded hotspots – read on. Time Out’s newly updated list of the world’s most underrated travel destinations features empty national parks and tiny time-warp towns; placid jungle stretches and deserted beaches; wild mountain regions and overlooked cities.  Why trust us? Because we’ve been to them all. Every spot on this list was picked by one of our expert editors and globetrotting travel writers, recommended because they offer great (or quiet) alternatives to the classics – and in many cases, because they’re places that are actively seeking tourism. In other words, travelling to any of these 41 destinations is a win-win situation. RECOMMENDED:🏰 The most underrated travel destinations in Europe🚞 13 ways to be a better tourist right now🌎 The countries that actually want travellers...

Is it safe to laugh again? Over the last decade, comedy movie from all but disappeared from cinemas – and those that emerged on streaming weren’t exactly keeping us in hysterics. But so far, 2026 is looking like something of a rebound for both big- and small-screen comedies. Granted, nothing is breaking the box office like back in the aughts, but surprise hits like The Drama and under-the-radar gems like Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie have cracked us up harder than anything we’ve seen in a few years – and there’s more on the way. For now, here are funniest movies we’ve seen in 2026 so far. RECOMMENDED: 📽️ The best movies of 2026 (so far)🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2026😂 The 100 greatest comedy movies ever made

Now that Zoe Kazan’s take on the classic epic East of Eden has graced Netflix and the latest adaptation of the beloved romance Pride and Prejudice is on its way (arriving December 3, to be precise), it's as good a time as any to take stock of the best period dramas on the platform. In keeping with the wide breadth of stories above, this list includes not only lusty-eyed costume dramas (although there certainly are those) but also a variety of types of tales, so long as they meticulously take viewers back to their time and place. For the sake of paring things down, we left out Westerns and war films, as well as anything dealing with time travel (sorry, Outlander) or taking place after the 1960s (ditto, Mindhunter). Here they are, in chronological order by premiere date. 

The week before my Romanian hiking holiday came around, my five-year relationship ended. I’d not long endured the emotional and physical toil of untangling our lives, moving out of our shared flat and, temporarily, back in with my parents. At the time, embarking on an organised walking trip with a group of strangers wasn’t high on the list of things I felt like doing.  But then I considered that, actually, maybe that is exactly what I should be doing. I remembered that there are people who, when faced with epochal, life-altering events, walk – sometimes for months, even years, often 15 or 20 miles a day. What I had in front of me was a five-day trip, of which only three would be spent walking; maybe seven miles a day, at a push.  So, I flew to Romania. In the baggage claim of Cluj-Napoca Airport, I located a huddle of friendly women, the group with whom I’d spend the next few days hiking the northern reaches of the Via Transilvanica, Romania’s very own long-distance pilgrimage; the little-known ‘Camino of the East’.  Photograph: Annapurna Mellor for Intrepid TravelThe forested slopes of Bucovina, Romania This 1,400km trail weaves its way diagonally across the country, from the northeastern region of Bucovina through the heart of Transylvania, culminating in the southwestern city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Hikers pass through some 400 communities along the way, traversing landscapes including dense spruce forests, mountain gorges and alpine meadows, stopping at local...

It’s been a headline-grabbing year for family movies, with a massive new Toy Story film, another new Pixar movie, an adorable Aardman adventure, a Super Mario sequel, a big rights kerfuffle over Coyote Vs. Acme, a disastrous live-action Moana, and something called Chickenhare And The Secret Of The Groundhog (although no shade if you missed that one). And there’s still a new Laika animated epic, Wildwood, and Disney’s Hexed to come. Picking a family film for movie night is not an easy task and 2026 has already contributed handsomely to the canon, for which it has the gratitude of an army of weary parents. But not all demographic-spanning sofa fodder is created equal. Allow us to curate the best options from the year for you to tee up on movie night safe in the knowledge that no toys will be thrown. Apart from maybe Buzz Lightyear.  RECOMMENDED: 📽️ The best movies of 2026 (so far)👪 50 great films to watch as a family

Let’s face it: Halloween is a children’s holiday. College kids may have usurped it as an excuse to throw costumed keg parties, and fortysomethings may use it as an excuse to put pumpkin spice in everything, but at its heart, All Hallow’s Eve is still mostly about tweens and grade-schoolers cosplaying as their favorite superhero, eating candy and allowing themselves a few innocent scares. That’s why, when thinking about the best movies to watch in the run-up to October 31, you shouldn’t only consider slasher flicks. Kids like to catch a fright, too. But picking a good Halloween movie that works for the whole family is a delicate science. You want something scary, but not so scary that your children will ask to sleep in your bed until they go away to university. And you also don’t want to pick something lame because, well, spooky season is only a month long, and you really can’t afford to waste any nights. These 45 movies, however, should do the trick… or treat. Best for little kids (ages 2-7): Monsters, Inc., It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Best for big kids (ages 7-11): The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline Best for tweens: Hocus Pocus, Goosebumps Best for teens: Beetlejuice, Gremlins Written by Hannah Doolin, Allie Early, Danielle Valente, Oliver Strand, Andy Kryza and Matthew Singer Recommended: 🎃 The best Halloween movies of all-time👪 The 50 best family films to stream on movie night🤣 The 35 best family comedies for your next movie night

Zombie movies refuse to die. Ever since Night of the Living Dead invented the modern version of the genre in 1968, the undead have risen continuously over the decades, mutating as they go. Sure, there’s a well-established formula – some sort of plague infects the planet, turning the deceased into ravenous cannibals looking to feast on the flesh of the living – and plenty of hacks have exploited the template to overwhelm video store shelves and streaming platforms with mindless schlock. But a rarefied few have found ways to take the basic mythos and twist it into something wholly unique.  Others hit the beats with high style and freshness, while some are simply so energetically over-the-top that they can’t be ignored. On this list, you’ll find examples of all three: from classics to cult faves, zom-coms to gorefests, and even a few that predate George A Romero. Grab some popcorn and board up the windows – these are the best zombie movies ever made. Recommended: 😱 The 100 best horror movies of all-time👹 The best monster movies of all-time🔪 The 31 best serial killer movies of all-time🤘 The 40 best cult movies ever made