The Guardian - Today in Focus • 24th February 2025 The murder and legacy of the world’s first openly gay imam How did Imam Muhsin Hendricks change the lives of queer Muslims? Jamie Fullerton reports
The Guardian • 17th January 2025 Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica As one of the tens of thousands to have fled Daniel Ortega’s regime, singer and ‘artivist’ Olguita Acuña says she has a duty to raise awareness of her country’s situation
The Guardian • 29th August 2024 Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits
The Guardian • 1st August 2024 Scaling the fairytale peaks of Saxon Switzerland in Germany The dramatic landscape was beloved of Romantic painters and hardcore climbers. But the spa town of Bad Schandau provides a gentler introduction for skinny-calfed explorers.
The Guardian • 3rd July 2024 Across Turkey by train: riding the Mesopotamia Express With lengthy stops for side trips, this long-distance journey is a joyful, social experience accompanied by great food and music.
The Guardian • 7th May 2024 Why clubbers are raving about Germany’s cross-country Techno Train With DJs, bouncers and bars, the Nuremberg train offers a complete clubbing experience – and some lovely views of the Bavarian countryside.
The Guardian • 23rd March 2024 Not just cheap beer and old buildings: an arty weekend in Prague A new sleeper train from Brussels is bringing the Czech capital’s contemporary art scene within easy reach of rail travellers.
The Guardian • 21st December 2023 Dresden – the city that saved my Christmas The city’s Christmas markets and baroque architecture will revive even a flagging festive spirit, while its street art is an edgy pick-me-up.
The Guardian • 16th December 2023 ‘So good I went five times’: travel writers’ favourite discoveries of 2023 We asked 23 Guardian travel writers to share their best experiences of 2023, from elegant spas and an art deco cinema to a new ‘megalith’ and a futuristic hotel.
The Guardian • 23rd September 2023 On the midnight express train across Turkey On the final journey in our long-distance rail series we take the Doğu Express, which runs east from the Turkish capital, Ankara, towards Kars and the border with Georgia.
The Guardian • 22nd September 2023 From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia Spectacular mountains and valleys, natural hot baths and a Soviet-era ghost town are all just a day trip away from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.
The Guardian • 16th September 2023 Witches, DJs and dancing in the aisles: on board the Culture Train from Berlin to Poland Musicians, dancers and a tarot-card reading artist animate the nearly five-hour journey to Wrocław from the German capital.
The Guardian • 29th May 2023 From Berlin to Brussels, the night train renaissance gathers speed with the new European Sleeper The latest capital-to-capital sleeper is one of Europe’s most eagerly awaited new routes – and connects London to Berlin in 16 hours.
The Guardian • 10th May 2023 Music and mountains: a green city break in Slovenia Rugged mountains, cave dragons and sustainable cuisine … Kranj packs a punch for a town aiming to leave little trace.
The Guardian • 10th April 2023 My gothic pilgrimage to the set of Netflix’s Wednesday in Romania Tourism here was once all about Dracula, but the Netflix show is drawing young visitors keen to see where the gothy teen unleashed mystery, mayhem and murder
The Guardian • 19th October 2022 ‘I’m hoping there will be more queer imams’: South Africa's gay imam has created an LGBTQ+ safe space Muhsin Hendricks, the ‘world’s first gay imam’ wants to help LGBTQ+ Muslims in South Africa reconcile their sexuality with their faith.
The Guardian • 6th August 2022 Into the sun: Albania’s beaches, mountains and ancient towns Despite its dark 20th-century past, the country is now a traveller’s paradise of amazing landscapes, coast and historic cities.
The Guardian • 13th March 2020 ‘No school, no skating’: the Indian skate park bringing children together Bringing skateboards to children in Madhya Pradesh gives them enthusiasm to go to school.
The Guardian • 20th November 2019 Thai opposition leader disqualified as MP over election law breach The maverick leader of a new Thai political party that finished third in the general election has been stripped of his seat in parliament for violating election law.
The Guardian • 19th November 2019 Thai cave rescue film opens in Bangkok Independent movie The Cave tells story of boys trapped underground at Tham Luang complex, with big-budget releases to follow.
