Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa), the world's largest salt flat (4,086 sq mi) is located in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia. Found near to the crest of the Andes is at an elevation of some 3,600 meters above sea level. The Salar, which was formed as a result of transformations between several prehistoric lakes, is cover...

Now in its 43rd year, the annual Thursford Christmas Spectacular in the Norfolk village of Thursford is one of the UK's most lavish annual Christmas events. This year's production takes place from 6 November to 23 December 2019 The glittering rhinestone and tinsel-packed variety show will run for seven weeks during the festive season. Over 3000 Wes...

Two years after cheetahs were first reintroduced to Liwonde National Park, another four individuals have been safely translocated from South Africa to the Majete Wildlife Reserve. They will form a crucial founder population and help grow the range of the vulnerable big cat. Cheetahs were entirely absent from Malawi for twenty years before a success...

The Great Lakes USA take in lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario to provide the world's largest expanse of freshwater. This is the size of continental Europe and includes the states of Illinois, Indiana Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Covering an area of around 95,000 square miles, the Great Lakes USA region is ideal for smal...

In 1972, when Jesus Christ Superstar was taking London's West End by storm, I was young, rashly impressionable and recently 'out' as an atheist. As such, I decided this Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice 'religion based' rock opera was not for me. Since then I have often wondered what I might have missed. When some 45 years later, the Open Air Theatre Regent's ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream runs at the Open Air Theatre Regent's Park until 27 July 2019. Get there is you can! A Midsummer Night's Dream was written by William Shakespeare between 1595 and 1596 - that's five hundred and thirty four years ago! It remains one of Shakespeare's most performed plays - and surely his best loved - with productions continu...