Annie McNamee

2026 has officially landed. An entire year of adventure awaits, with Britain set for a deluge of thrilling new things to see and do. Beyond the individual openings, however – the new bars and restaurants, museums and attractions – where should be on your radar for places to visit in the UK?  If you’re up for being inspired here at Time Out, as always, we’ve got you covered. We’ve scoured the listings of all that’s happening in Britain in 2026 and consulted our nationwide network of writers and editors, harnessing all that info to put together a guide to the places that should be on your radar over the next 12 months.  Destinations made it onto Time Out’s list for a vast range of reasons. Some have swaggered onto the scene with a quickfire burst of thrilling new attractions. Others have built their cred slower and reached a point of quiet brilliance, while others still are established spots that simply remain very much worth their rep. Several places will be made even more tempting by those aforementioned 2026 openings, whether that be delicious places to eat and drink, game-changing new transport options or unmissable cultural events.  From trendy seaside towns to revived industries cities, medieval forts to ‘the new Berlin’: here are the UK’s 14 top places to visit in 2026. RECOMMENDED: Looking for just London stuff? Here are 26 new things to do in the capital in 2026. 

2020 feels like a lifetime ago. In fact, as we enter 2026, we’re officially closer to the end of the decade than the start. Although life has (sort of) gone back to normal, one thing that changed forever during the pandemic was office life. Remember the days before working from home on a Friday? Us neither. While most of us have settled into a half-office, half-home working hybrid set-up, others have taken the opportunity to untether themselves entirely from the workplace and signed up to fully remote jobs. No longer tied to one place, some of this lucky lot have copped themselves visas enabling them to work in a different country every few years (or months). Enter: the digital nomad.  While there are downsides to the digital nomad lifestyle, it’s still easy to see why so many are choosing to uproot and move across the world. Many destinations are selling themselves as idyllic remote-working spots, with visas that allow you to live and work there for up to a year – or sometimes even longer. The only catch is that you usually need to meet a minimum salary threshold. Here’s a guide to the countries offering digital nomad visas right now, and how you can qualify. And 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

Reminiscing on festival season 2025? Well, the good times ain’t over yet, and if you ask us, it’s never too early to start planning which festivals to book in next year. Loads of great music festivals have already announced their headliners, and some of them kick off as early as January.  It’s worth noting that, in 2026, one of the planet’s biggest and best music festivals is not happening. That’s right – after an electric 2025, good old Glastonbury is on a fallow year to allow the land a bit of TLC. Not to worry, mind. No matter your music taste, who you’re going with, your weather preference or your capacity for camping, the world will have a festival that’s right for you, from Europe to the USA, Canada to Japan and Australia to India.  The best festivals in the world at a glance: ☮️ Best for hedonists and hippies: Boomtown 🔈 Best for beat freaks: Outlook 💡 Best for discovering something new: Tremor 🎵 Best for R&B and afrobeats: Afro Nation 🗽 Best city festival: Governors Ball 🎸 Best rock festival: Fuji Rock 🤩 Best for big names: Primavera Sound 🌠 Best for escaping reality: Big Red Bash Overwhelmed? Don’t sweat – here’s our comprehensive roundup of the best festivals in the world taking place in 2026. RECOMMENDED:🌍 The 26 best new things to do in the world in 2026🌤️ The best festivals in Europe in 2026🎭 The world’s coolest neighbourhoods to explore🌃 The best cities in the world right now

Even after a couple of vintage years for new music, 2025 has been special. Sure, we didn’t get a clear-cut ‘song of the summer’, but artists have been instead putting out defining works in a longer format. The past 12 (well, 11) months have featured all manner of extraordinary album releases.  Belted-to-the-rafters country pop, plunderphonic majesty, ecstatic dance music, intimate electronic world-building, history-collapsing art rock, triumphant hip-hop… these are just a few of the sounds and styles that have been executed marvellously in 2025. Here are the year’s finest 25 albums, chosen by Time Out editors and contributors.

A planear as suas viagens para o novo ano? Deve, sem dúvida, contar com aqueles clássicos da bucket list, mas se procura inspiração fresca, 2026 promete um mundo de experiências totalmente novas. Desde dormir num museu ao ar livre até percorrer paisagens ancestrais em e-bikes, fazer zipline sobre magníficas reservas naturais e festejar durante um eclipse solar – sim, a sério – há dezenas de experiências fora do circuito habitual e fora da caixa a acontecer nos próximos 12 meses. Pelos quatro cantos do mundo, a Time Out escolheu as 26 coisas mais incríveis, surpreendentes e emocionantes para fazer em 2026. Recomendado: Podes vir, 2026. Temos as melhores agendas para planear o novo ano

Planning your travels for the new year? You should absolutely factor in those long-standing bucket list entries, but if you’re looking for some fresh inspiration, 2026 promises a world of brand-new travel experiences.  From sleeping over in an open-air museum to journeying through ancient landscapes on e-bikes, ziplining over glorious wildlife reserves and partying through a solar eclipse – yes, really – there’s a shedload of off-the-beaten-track, out-of-the-box stuff happening over the next 12 months. Scroll on for our handpicked selection of the 26 coolest, weirdest and most exciting things to do in 2026.  RECOMMENDED:🎶 The biggest and best music festivals in 2026🛍️ The coolest streets in the world🏘️ The coolest neighbourhoods in the world🌃 The best cities in the world right now Stay in the loop: sign up to our free Time Out Travel newsletter for all the latest travel news and best stuff happening across the world.

It’s been another stellar year for music in 2025, packed full of belters, breakouts and hook-laden earworms.  Lorde returned to her angsty roots, Pulp dropped their first album since, and Bad Bunny reigned supreme on the streamers. We were blessed with new music from pop heavyweights Lady Gaga, Lily Allen and Robyn. In a plot twist, Rosalía dropped a classical album packed with religious references, and Turnstile made hardcore mainstream. Breakout stars CMAT, Addison Rae and Jim Legxacy proved that they are here to stay. Here Time Out editors and contributors have hand-picked the tracks they’ve had on repeat this year. These are the 40 best songs of 2025.  RECOMMENDED: The 25 best albums of 2025. 

This year of music has started with a bang. We’ve seen Chappell Roan go country, Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco smothering audiences with gushy love songs and Playboi Carti’s rapturous return from the underground. We've even been blessed with the return of Lorde! Alongside these pop heavyweights, we’re witnessing rap superstar Doechii continue her chart domination and the breakthrough of Gen Z artists like 2hollis, Tate McRae and Kai Bosch. What songs are defining 2025? Well, we’ve searched through our playlists and extracted the best songs of the year so far, to give you a mid-year vibe check of where we are currently at. But it doesn’t stop there. Keep your eyes peeled for updates to this list throughout the year as we’re still awaiting albums from Turnstile, Miley Cyrus, Pulp, A$AP Rocky and many more. RECOMMENDED: 🎧 The best albums of 2025 (so far)🎥 The best movies of 2025 (so far)📺 The best TV of 2025 (so far)

Sure, winter has its perks. Cosying up by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate in hand is lovely. Big woolen jumpers are ever-chic. But there’s no warm, fuzzy feeling that comes close to feeling actual warmth. In our eyes, you just can’t beat the sunshine: sitting on a rooftop terrace, ice-cold cocktail in hand… bonus points if everyone back home is stuck with endless grey drizzle. There are plenty of places across the world still basking in glorious sunshine from October to February. Our list of the best winter sun destinations this year spans six continents and five months, giving you 20 recommendations for the very best places you can visit during the winter months. Whether it’s Thai beaches, African safaris or sunny city breaks in Europe, we’ve got you covered. The best winter sun destinations at a glance: 🏖️ Best for beaches: Thailand 🏙️ Best for a city break: Cape Town, South Africa 🌡️ Warmest in Europe: Tenerife, Spain 🐘 Best for wildlife: Namibia 🎭 Best for an arty break: Cartagena, Colombia 🍜 Best for food: Vietnam At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines and check out our latest travel guides written by local experts. RECOMMENDED:☀️ Europe’s 10 best winter sun destinations

This list is from 2024. Our latest ranking for 2025 is live here. In 2024, what exactly makes a neighbourhood cool? Craft breweries, natty wine bars and street art are well and good, but the world’s best, most exciting and downright fun neighbourhoods are much more than identikit ‘hipster hubs’. They’re places that reflect the very best of their cities – its culture, community spirit, nightlife, food and drink – all condensed in one vibey, walkable district. To create our annual ranking, we went straight to the experts – our global team of on-the-ground writers and editors – and asked them what the coolest neighbourhood in their city is right now, and why. Then we narrowed down the selection and ranked the list using the insight and expertise of Time Out’s global editors, who vetted each neighbourhood against criteria including food, drink, arts, culture, street life, community and one-of-a-kind local flavour. The result? A list that celebrates the most unique and exciting pockets of our cities – and all their quirks. Yes, you’ll find some of those international hallmarks of ‘cool’. But in every neighbourhood on this list there’s something you won’t find anywhere else. Ever been to a photography museum that moonlights as a jazz club? Or a brewery with a library of Russian literature? How about a festival dedicated to fluff? When communities fiercely support and rally around their local businesses, even the most eccentric ideas can become a reality. And that, in our eyes, is

On March 25, 1925, at London’s Selfridges department store in central London, Scottish inventor John Logie Baird made the first public demo of his latest creation: a way to broadcast visual information from a camera to a screen. A full century later, Baird’s discovery has led to perhaps the most vital, creative and popular mode of artistic expression in the entire world. But it’s only in the past 25 years that television has really fulfilled its artistic potential.  The result has been the so-called ‘Golden Age of Television’, a boom kickstarted roughly around the turn of the century with the rise of shows like The Sopranos and later Breaking Bad, and continuing with awards-winners from Succession to Shōgun to Slow Horses. So while our list of the 100 greatest TV shows may pay tribute to the unmissable programs of yesteryear, you’ll find that the majority hail from our own century – meaning there’s no excuse not to watch every single one. Paring the list down to only 100 was a painful process, so we decided to omit sketch shows, talk shows, news and non-fiction in order to focus on scripted drama and classic comedy. Time to go goggle-eyed. Recommended: 🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2025 (so far)🍎 The best shows to watch on Apple TV+ right now📺 The best Netflix original series to binge🎮 The best ‘90s TV shows

This bustling coastal city is absolutely steeped in history, maritime heritage, and of course, there's loads to see. It’s roots date back as far as the Stone Age, and its first ever museum (the Tudor House) remains a top attraction, with gorgeous gardens and guided tours on offer.  There’s plenty of modern-day action too, with a treasured football team, The Saints, and their fans bringing life to the city on match day. Southampton is also only a 20-minute drive away from the New Forest, or a ferry-ride away from the Isle of Wight, there's plenty going on that makes this city worth a visit. Check out our list of top picks for all the best things to do in Southampton.  RECOMMENDED:  🚆The best day trips from London⛰️ The best things to in the New Forest🏖️ The best seaside towns in the UK💕 The best things to do in the UK Annie McNamee is a writer at Time Out UK. At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines. 

When you’re booking a luxury UK staycation, you probably don’t think of Darlington. In fact, you probably don’t think of Darlington much at all. But nestled about ten minutes from the town’s centre, in the wilds of County Durham, sits Rockliffe Hall, a super-swish hotel resort with all the trimmings. Upon check-in, we asked if it was possible to push our dinner reservation back half an hour. The answer? ‘Of course! There’s nothing worse than feeling rushed.’ This would become the theme of our stay: take it slow, and the staff will make everything work around you.   Why stay at Rockliffe Hall? This isn’t the sort of place to book if you just need somewhere to sleep. Rockliffe Hall is for your big birthday/anniversary/other significant life event. Or, if you simply fancy splurging on yourself, switching your brain off and enjoying the quiet life for a bit.  Everything at Rockliffe is a treat: the views, the fact that it’s grand enough to feel special but compact enough that everything you need is a short stroll away, the minibar with olives and champagne, the Nespresso coffee machines; even the tea bags are fancy. This is proper indulgence, surrounded by gorgeous Durham hills and valleys waiting to be explored.  What are the rooms like at Rockliffe Hall? At the moment, Rockliffe is operating at half-capacity, as the renovation of its Old Hall is in full swing. It’s due to be complete by next spring, but until then you’ll be in one of the 33 New Hall rooms, starting at £392 a ni

Inn Deep is like spending the evening at your mate’s house, only with ten times the energy and fresh pizza available without a delivery fee. The low-lighting and stripped-back interiors create a space you can relax in, but it’s the staff that really make you feel at home.  The prime location – underneath a railway bridge 30 seconds from Kelvinbridge tube station – helps to make this a prime meet-up spot, and provides glorious river views to anyone sitting outside. Add to that a huge (and we mean huge) selection of beers and spirits, and this could become your new West End go-to for ‘a chill one’. Having originally opened more than a decade ago, in recent years the Great Western Road pub has been on a mission to keep things fresh by welcoming new pop-ups to its kitchen every so often. The latest guest is Sub Rosa, a local pizzeria with two permanent locations in the southside, and a delicious marinara sauce.  What should I order? The menu is small for all the right reasons. Sub Rosa knows what it’s good at, and each of the six pizzas on offer play to those strengths. Our favourite was the pepperoni & pickled chili, as the tang and bite of the chilis cuts through the sweetness of the tomato sauce perfectly. Any pizza can be made vegan or gluten free upon request. Sides include chicken tenders in a gochujang honey butter glaze, and a range of chips. If you’re hungry opt for the Mexican loaded fries, but if you just want a snack the regular portions are crispy, salty, and definit

You’ve been here before. Almost.  With a clientele which would be perfect for a Love Island spin-off featuring exclusively people with ‘entrepreneur’ in their bios and a healthy amount of exposed pipework, The Counter is what those in the know would probably call ‘trendy’. Its dim lights, small plate selection, and strategically chipped brick feature wall put it on the verge of parodically hip, but a glance at its menu and a quick chat with any member of its team reveal it to be much more down to Earth than some of its equally Instagrammable peers. If you close your eyes you can almost feel the Istanbuli breeze flowing through your hair The sense of deja-vu you feel may not be coming solely from its open-plan bar though. Chef Kemal Demirasal’s first UK venture, opened up two years ago in Notting Hill to much success. Originally from Turkey, he’s taken much of the charm of the original joint (as well as its most popular recipes and excellent cocktails) and transported it to Kingly Street – and combined it with a series of fresh ideas and a lot of seafood. Fresh is definitely the operative word. The cocktails are infused with real fruit. The tomatoes have been imported from Turkey. There’s sort-of-caviar sprinkled on avocado-topped fish. If you close your eyes and just bite, you can almost feel the Istanbuli breeze flowing through your hair. A series of enthusiastic staff members recommended a variety of dishes to us. Some, like the tomato salad or prawns, were familiar classi

Have you sorted your 2026 rebrand yet? If the answer is no, you’re one step behind Great Yarmouth. The Norfolk seaside town has huge plans for 2026 that will completely transform its North Quay, and see multiple historic landmarks restored to their former glory. The ‘once in a generation’ revamp is set to begin this year with the reopening of the 19th century Maritime House and an art-deco pub called the Old Duke. Maritime House sits on the seafront, and has been empty for about five years. It was initially built as a safe house for sailors who were shipwrecked nearby, but has also been a museum and a tourist information centre in its lifetime. Work is now underway to renovate it into a café and block of flats, with hopes to open up this spring. Also returning in 2026 is the Iron Duke pub, which shut in 2007. After £2.4 million was raised by the council, work to restore the 1930s building has begun, and it should be back up and running – this time as a pub and diner – in summer. On top of that, throughout the year the £18 million restoration of the Victorian Winter Gardens will be ticking away, with a provisional opening date of 2027. The landmark, which was built in Torquay in 1878 but moved to Great Yarmouth in 1904, will be revived as a ‘People’s Palace’ with indoor gardens, community areas, cafés and various venues for leisure, entertainment and learning.  Photograph: Shutterstock   The biggest change, however, will be to the town’s North Quay, which could completely tr

Did you know that the UK’s national energy consumption is expected to grow by nearly a third by 2035? That’s a pretty substantial leap, which is why Marks Barfield Architects has come up with an equally substantial solution: the West Somerset Lagoon project, a vast tidal power station arching 14 miles over the Bristol Channel. Architect Julia Barfield, who is best known for designing the London Eye, is part of the team currently working on the proposal. She told the Guardian that it is a direct response to the rise of AI, and the extraordinary demand for energy that it causes, saying: ‘If the decision is to go ahead with adopting more and more AI… then it is going to be better with a renewable energy source’. In this case, that renewable source is the Bristol Channel, or the tidal power that it can generate. A huge semicircular barrage would extend 14 miles from Minehead to Watchet and contain 125 underwater turbines, generating roughly enough energy to power two million homes. Tidal is better for the planet than fossil-fuels, but it’s also generally more reliable than solar or wind alternatives. While the primary purpose of the station would be to generate clean electricity, the designers also say that it could become a public space. A path could be built along the top of the project, creating a pretty legendary walking or running route for locals bold enough to face the Celtic Sea breeze. Image: Marks Barfield Architects Lidos, a water sports marina, oyster farms, an amph

South Londoners who haven’t yet given up on eating healthier in 2026, we’ve got good news: a brand new weekly farmers’ market is about to open in Peckham. The aptly named Peckham Farmers’ Market has been in the works since last summer, and its organisers have finally announced an official launch date. From January 24, the market will pop up at Belham Primary School every Saturday between 9.30am and 3pm. There’s a real focus on natural produce – that is fruit and veg grown without the use of pesticides or chemicals – seasonal goods, and ethical farming, so you can expect everything to be of absolute top-notch quality. Think grass-fed beef, free-range eggs, day-boat fish, and other equally wholesome produce. Photograph: Peckham Farmers Market The market already has 25 confirmed vendors. One stall will be selling a range of Mediterranean picky-bits. Another, The French Comté, is packed full of cheese, while Wild Country Organics, a Cambridge farm, will offer more than 40 different types of tomato. According to the organisers, you’ll be able to do your entire weekly shop here in one go, making it much easier to access the ‘freshest, most nourishing food’ money can buy. In fact, breaking down the barriers to healthy eating is at the heart of the organisers’ mission. In an Instagram post, they explained: ‘For too long, high-quality, nutrient-dense produce has felt out of reach… We’re changing that. ‘By removing the traditional intermediaries, we connect you with the people who gr

Most of the time, museums are spaces for great pieces of art, centuries-old artefacts, or celebrating the best of culture and history. The Museum of Failure, as you may have guessed from the name, works a little differently. This travelling exhibition takes all the most underwhelming and disappointing moments from recent history and shoves them into a room, forcing us to contend with the true mediocrity of humanity. From that somewhat bleak description, it won’t surprise you to find out that it was created by a British man, and in 2026 he’s finally bringing it home for the first time ever. Creator Dr Samuel West told the Guardian that the response that the museum receives varies greatly across oceans and cultures, but that he’s confident that Brits are the natural audience for his project, thanks to ‘our black humour and our support of the underdog’. While Americans laughed and ‘just didn’t get it when I tried to tell them that sometimes… there’s no happy ending’, West says that we in Britain have a ‘dark awareness that things can just go horribly wrong’. Photograph: Museum of Failure And plenty of the objects in West’s collection are examples of just that. Some are funny – think tech flops like the Google Glass, doomed food creations like Heinz purple ketchup and an American $2 bill that never caught on. An entire section is now dedicated to useless AI, and another for general concepts that make you go ‘what were they thinking?’. Other exhibits, however, tell much darker

Sometimes Red Bull events feature world-class athletes achieving daring, nearly superhuman feats. Other times they’re just an excuse to watch regular folk fail in beautifully creative ways. The Alexandra Palace soapbox race is very much an example of the latter. In case you’ve somehow missed it, London’s Red Bull Soapbox Race sees groups of wannabe inventors and mechanics get together to create DIY vehicles out of stuff they found in their sheds. They then hop inside of their creations and attempt to ride them all the way down the hill at Ally Pally. On their way, they’ll have to overcome a series of obstacles which will inevitably defeat most competitors. London Red Bull Soapbox Race 2026 date This year’s race will take place on Saturday June 20. The last one was back in 2024, which means the teams have had two full years to create their masterpieces. In the past we’ve seen minivans made of plywood, go-karts designed to look like food, and even a bathtub with wheels rattle down the hill. Expect this year to be no different. Tickets and prices Tickets for the iconic race are already on sale, and you can bag yours here. They cost £23.50 for under 25s and £34.50 for those who’re 26+, while specific wheelchair accessible passes are available. In 2024 tickets sold out, so make sure to get in early to avoid disappointment. Children are welcome, but anyone under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. As well as being able to watch the chaos of the race, Red Bull promises that the even

It’s been a rocky start to the year for the British high street. Claire’s has gone into administration, River Island is shuttering 32 stores, and Poundland is continuing to close down various shops until February. But thankfully it’s not all bleak – Lefties, a budget clothing brand that could rival Primark on pricing, has revealed exactly where it’s going to open up its first stores in the UK. Right now, Lefties stores can only be found in mainland Europe, north Africa and the Middle East, but parent company Inditex announced in September that it wanted to enter into the UK market. The firm also owns several brands which are already popular in Britain, including Zara, Berska, Pull&Bear and Stradivarius, so this won’t be the first time it’s successfully crossed the Channel. When it first announced Lefties would be coming to the UK, no information was provided about where or when, but we finally know the locations of the first two stores: Liverpool and Essex. More specifically, in the Liverpool One and Lakeside shopping centres. Industry publication Drapers reported that both shops will be at least 50,000 square feet in size. The scale of stores that Inditex was looking at was part of the reason it hasn’t selected a location in London, as there apparently aren’t many units of that size available in the centre of the city. A representative for the Liverpool One shopping centre told Drapers that it is excited to help Lefties make the move to the UK, adding that ‘our partnership w

Calling all modern art fans: you might want to add visiting the Musée d’Art Moderne (MAM) in Paris to your 2026 to-do list, as the gallery has received a huge donation of mostly unseen Matisse artworks to add to its collection. Henri Matisse may have died in the 1950s, but like any real artist, he created so much during his lifetime that there’s still plenty left to discover 70 years later. The French modernist is best known for his colourful, expressive paintings from the early twentieth century, but the pieces which have just been donated are portraits of his daughter Marguerite. In total, 61 artworks have been donated to the museum, which is three times the amount that it previously had in its permanent collection. With this addition, MAM will be home to 81 works from Matisse. RECOMMENDED: I live in Paris – these are the 8 cultural spots you can’t miss Marguerite is the subject of almost all of the donated sketches, which range from paintings of her as a young child in 1901 to simple sketches from her 20s. Lithographs, illustrated books, and a sculpture are also included. The illegitimate daughter of Matisse and Caroline Joblau, a model that Matisse had a relationship with before meeting his wife, Marguerite grew up with her father and would eventually become his agent. After his death, she spent years cataloguing and collecting his works until her own passing in 1982, so she was a significant figure in both the artist’s lifetime and in securing his legacy. The works were

Pokéfans out to catch ’em all can head down to the Natural History Museum from January 26 to bag exclusive merchandise at the institution’s Pokémon pop-up store. Well, provided you’ve managed to book a highly coveted time slot for the limited edition store.  Back in September, it was revealed that Pokémon would be collaborating with the NHM to open up a store in the gallery’s Cranborne Boutique. This won”t just be any old themed gift shop: it will be a full-on takeover from the Poké-crew, with loads of limited edition merchandise. And now we have more information about what that merch actually is, and we’re glad to say that it does not disappoint. The theme of the event is ‘Pokécology: An Illustrated Guide to Pokémon Ecology’, and items have been designed to fit that concept. For instance, you’ll find a notebook adorned with a chart of the ‘ancient species of Pokémon’, art prints detailing the evolution of water and grass-type Pokémon, and even some long overdue love for Tropius. On top of this, a range of t-shirts, water bottles, backpacks, and even more notebooks will also be available. Photograph: Pokémon x Natural History Museum But perhaps the most exciting pieces are the limited edition Evee-lution enamel pin sets and exclusive plushie of Pikachu sitting on the gallery itself. Instead of a regular promo card as some fans might have expected, the museum will be handing out one oversized ‘Pikachu at the Museum’ collector’s card with every purchase. Given the sustained,

Flying can be a pretty stressful affair. Airport security lines are unpredictable, planes are very loud, and to top it all off there’s always the chance that you’ll end up waiting hours at a grey, miserable terminal if your flight is delayed. Although you might not be able to control those first two stresses, your chances of being on time vary dramatically depending on which airline you go for. The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) keeps track of all things going on in the sky, including how punctual airlines are. AirAdvisor has sifted through the latest CAA data, from January to September 2025, to reveal the most unreliable carriers in Britain.  AirAdvisor revealed that TUI has been the UK’s least on-time airline, with only 57 percent of its flights taking off and arriving as intended. The CAA considers a flight ‘on-time’ if it takes off or lands within 15 minutes of the time on your boarding pass. AirAdvisor explained that TUI’s punctuality had actually increased from previous years, when some months saw less than half of the airline’s flights arrive on time. Despite that, it remains the least reliable provider in the UK. A spokesperson for the consumer advice website noted that, ‘Many factors contribute to an airline’s on-time performance, not all of them within an airline’s control, but past performance remains a key indicator of a carrier’s future ability to keep flights on schedule’. Blue Islands, which primarily operated flights between the Channel Islands and mainland

Com o Natal e a passagem de ano para trás, é tempo de avançar a toda a velocidade com os planos para 2026. Uma resolução comum é viajar mais – o que é quase sempre uma boa ideia. Ver mais mundo raramente dá arrependimento. A ajudar, a Rough Guides acaba de publicar a sua lista dos 26 melhores destinos para visitar este ano. Antes de entrar nas recomendações, convém perceber que não se trata de uma lista qualquer. O ranking baseia-se em 30 mil pedidos individuais feitos a especialistas locais da Rough Guides por viajantes de todo o mundo, cruzados com o conhecimento directo desses mesmos especialistas, que acompanham as mudanças no terreno e sabem que regiões evoluem, que rotas abrem e que experiências ganham força. No fundo, um equilíbrio bem afinado entre o interesse real dos viajantes e conhecimento local credível torna esta lista particularmente fiável. Então, para onde deve seguir a próxima viagem? Para Marraquexe, diz a Rough Guides. Esta cidade marroquina não se visita apenas. Prova-se, regateia-se, transpira-se, aprende-se. Há imenso para fazer neste destino do Norte de África, conhecido pela arquitectura colorida e pela abundância de souks, mercados ao ar livre onde se vende comida, artesanato e todo o tipo de produtos. É também uma boa opção para orçamentos contidos, já que dá para mergulhar na cultura local sem gastar muito. A Rough Guides recomenda uma visita a um hammam tradicional, um passeio pelo oásis urbano do Jardin Secret e uma aula de cozinha para aprender

Being in an airport can be stressful at the best of times, but when everything goes wrong – delayed or cancelled flights, lengthy queues at security and passport control, lost baggage – flying can be a pull-yer-hair-out stressy experience. And according to a report by travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller (CNT), one British hub is among the planet’s most stressful places to fly.  What actually makes for a ‘stressful’ experience at a terminal? Well, a delayed or cancelled flight can contribute, but so can less obvious things like a lack of seating, inaccessibility, no staff to help out and unpredictable security queues. CNT considered all of this when putting together its list of the world’s 10 most stressful airports, two of which were in the UK.  Manchester was named the third most stressful airport in the world by CNT. It was only beaten by Humberto Delgado Airport in Lisbon and Newark Liberty International Airport in New York. MAN got its place in the ranking thanks to ‘persistent congestion and operational disruption’, as well as ‘passengers [continuing] to experience extended queues, delayed baggage handling, and bottlenecks across terminals, particularly during peak travel periods’.  London Gatwick came eighth. According to CNT, operating such a high volume of arrivals and departures with a single runway means that any single issue can ‘ripple quickly’ across the entire daily schedule, causing delays and back ups that snowball into larger problems. This could be resolve

If you’re bored of going to the same old places every time you plan a date night or a catch-up with your friends, Lane7 could be the answer to your prayers. Sure, it’s a bar, but it’s also uniquely kitted out with nearly a dozen different games ranging from bowling to darts to beer pong, so there’s plenty to keep you busy if conversation dries up. There are currently 24 of these ‘eccentric’ (in its own words) entertainment spaces across the UK and Europe, but Lane7 has big plans for 2026: three huge new locations have been confirmed. Scotland will benefit the most from the expansion, with both Edinburgh and Glasgow set to welcome new venues. Edinburgh’s new outpost will become the Scottish capital’s second location; the first in St James’ Quarter has been popular since its opening in 2020. Auld Reekie’s next branch will be outside of the city centre, in the Leith Ocean Terminal Shopping Centre. Photograph: Lane7 Glasgow is home to one of the bowling alley’s sister brands, called Level X, but this will be its first Lane7. It’s set to take over the former site of Platform (previously known as the Arches), a popular music and events space underneath the central station which shut for good in late 2025. However, there are plans to bring what is currently Level X venue under ‘the same administrative identity’ by the group, so there could be effectively two Lane7s in Glasgow by the end of the year. Leeds will be the third UK city to receive a new branch of the venue. A spokespers