Posted by James @ Insight Wonders from Finland: Finnish Design Finland has long been at the cutting edge of modern design, and today’s artists sculpting in glass and wood are no exception.In view of the prominence of its modern glass design, it is surpri...
Posted by James @ Insight Kangaroos, platypus and wombats: an introduction to Australian wildlife Australia has been a separate island long enough for evolution to take a unique path. The result is a range of plants and animals that are found nowhere else on Earth.Research findings are thin as ...
Posted by James @ Insight A walk around Hollywood Road, Hong Kong Explore Hong Kong's famous Hollywood Road, as well as its temples, teahouses and trinket stalls, with our in-depth walking tour from Sheung Wan to trendy SoHo.
Posted by James @ Insight Photo Tip - Light and Time With the co-operation of weather (by no means guaranteed), the time of day has an extraordinary effect on light and images. Provided that you are not rushing at breakneck speed through one destinat...
Posted by James @ Insight Highgate to Sleepy Hollow: spooky cemeteries of the world Visiting a cemetery as part of your travels is not as strange an idea as you may think.The places chosen to hold their graves can tell you a great deal about the destination you are visiting. There...
Posted by James @ Insight The Blue Lagoon, tickets need to be bought in advance Iceland continues to grow as a tourist destination, and rightly so, but gradually the increase in number of visitors is beginning to be felt. The most famous Icelandic attraction - the Blue Lagoon ...
Posted by James @ Insight Seu Jorge: music from Rio's favelas The shockingly realistic film Cidade de Deus (City of God), released in 2003 and nominated for four Oscars, was set in one of Rio’s most violent favelas (shantytowns), many of which are just ...
Posted by James @ Insight Exploring Seattle's Space Needle Only one World’s Fair was the setting for an Elvis Presley movie (It Happened at the World’s Fair) and that was the one held in Seattle in 1962. However, most Seattle residents are p...
Posted by James @ Insight Taking the kids to a quieter Algarve It wasn’t the destination I had in mind when making plans for the family holiday. I had been absorbed in our guidebooks’ images of mountainsides, glaciers and bleak moorland, not the sp...
Posted by James @ Insight Little Mermaid's 100th Birthday The Little Mermaid (Den lille havfrue) is celebrating her 100th birthday today, another milestone in her less than quiet life. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 fairytale, she sits today upon...
Posted by James @ Insight Alaskan State Parks Alaska is famous for its national parks. But the wild gems protected by the Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation are less well known but equally breathtaking and accessible – and summer i...
Posted by James @ Insight Paolo Soleri and Arcosanti – an Arizona project Here at Insight we are sad to hear of the passing of Paolo Soleri, a student who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright and whose life's work was Arcosanti, an experiment in urban living in the heart of ...
Posted by James @ Insight 'Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas' sign gets better access The 8 metre tall Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign was put in place at the southern entrance to the city by the Western Neon company toward the very end of 1959, becoming the icon of the city. Thi...
Posted by James @ Insight Thank you for the Music - Abba: The Museum Scandinavia and the Nordic countries have always had a wondrously strong artistic flare which has produced some of the worlds finest art, music and design. Musically the region has produced such ma...
Posted by James @ Insight Swim with morays, sea turtles and lion fish: coral diving in Zanzibar and Pemba Tanzania’s coral gardens offer some of the world’s most rewarding diving, with hundreds of species of colourful reef fish living alongside marine turtles, rays and eels.Before your dept...
Posted by James @ Insight The allure of climbing Mount Kilimanjaro From ancient Ethiopian emperors to modern US presidents, Kilimanjaro’s majestic snowcapped peak attracts adventurers from all over the world.According to legend, the first person to ascend Mo...
Posted by James @ Insight Exploring the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania Formed by the same immense geological upheavals as the Great Rift Valley, Ngorongoro was once a mountain as high as Kilimanjaro. About 3 million years ago, it blew itself to bits, covering the Sere...
Posted by James @ Insight Typhoon Haiyan Appeal Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on Friday (8 November), causing catastrophic damage. It is the strongest storm ever to make landfall, hitting an area where thousands of people are already homele...
Posted by James @ Insight Festivals in Thailand There can be no doubt that the Thais place great importance on their festivals. Some are of venerable vintage, such as Loy Krathong, which began in the 13th century. Others, like Lamphun’s La...
Posted by James @ Insight Things to do under The Shard - Southwark and Bermondsey The View from the Shard opens to the public today (Feb 1st) and is the newest attraction on the Southbank, but there’s plenty to see and do in the surrounding streets. From the bottom of the ...