It’s a rough deal for older adventurers
Older travellers are more active these days. We’re hiking, cycling and skiing into our sixties, seventies and eighties. And the insurance industry doesn’t like it one bit.Richard Belson, 65, wrote …
Patronising the Arts
We need politicians who understand that Ireland’s culture is thriving despite rather than because of state interventionIt seems especially daft during a summer when every second news bulletin brings reports …
It’s time to get creative with our cultural capital
In the two weeks since the remit of my department was expanded from arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht to include regional development and rural affairs, a rumbling of discontent within …
What’s on: days out
The best events happening across Scotland over the next fortnight – compiled by The List and The Sunday Times ScotlandCELTS EDINBURGH National Museum of Scotland, until Sun 25 Sep,nms.ac.uk/celts A …
Art, theatre and dance: Europe’s best festivals
Art and opera in Avignon One of Europe’s premier arts events, the Avignon Festival, is in one of the world’s most beautiful walled medieval cities from July 4-25, with up …