Discover the best of our coast by night with a host of incredible after-dark adventures

Smothering, transformative and beautiful, fog’s close-set shroud has inspired titans of literature, cinema and art–and forces the rest of us to look at the world a little closer, writes John Lewis-Stempel

Autumn, winter and spring are the best seasons to stargaze, says Neill Sanders, outreach astronomer at gostargazing.co.uk. “Most stargazing events are organised from the time clocks go back in October

The spot lamp sweeps across the track as the Land Rover trundles forward, kicking up the unmistakable scent of the African bush at night. That pool of light reveals fleeting flashes of mopane and acac

Exciting ways to get away from it all

Dark nights don’t have to be spooky, thanks to these sparkling UK sites