Hope for the high seas

Every month, we trawl the nation’s coastline to bring you news of the people, places and exciting goings-on that are worth knowing about

The 14-island archipelago of Islas Secas, once deemed uninhabitable for humans, is now a breathtaking, private island hideaway, says Mark Hedges

LAKE TANGANYIKA, EARTH’S longest and second-deepest lake, is a living laboratory of evolution. With over 250 species of cichlids, nearly all endemic, it represents one of the most spectacular adaptive

THE DEEP SEA IS BY FAR THE LARGEST habitat on Earth. It is, says Natalie Lawrence in her book Enchanted Creatures, “the last wilderness vast enough to hide monsters”. Unsurprisingly, many myths have a

Exciting ways to get away from it all

Seeking the soul of the fascinating South American continent, we asked 10 specialists who know its wine nations intimately to highlight some of the unique, extraordinary and sometimes hidden things that make it special