It’s only June, but temperatures in Southeast Europe have already signalled that summer is well under way. Heat waves and blazing sunlight make it even harder than usual to concentrate on daily business and not think ahead to the summer vacation. With the Balkans becoming a favoured tourist spot, many families from outside the region [...]

Kate Cox gives a historic lighthouse on the Central Coast a glowing review.
It’s late when we arrive at Norah Head and take the private road to our clifftop accommodation, but already we can feel ourselves relaxing. As we unload and breathe in the scent of the bush and the ocean, the lighthouse casts an eerie [...]

MayRun To The SunNewquay, Cornwall23-26 May For most of its 22-year history, Run to the Sun has simply been a group of VW Campervan owners getting together to drive to the beach in Cornwall. Now it has grown into a fully fledged three-day music festival, with four arenas and two sites, but it still starts [...]

Lionsgate’s “Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns,” about a single mom who connects with previously unknown kin at her late father’s funeral, opened in second place with $20 million.It was the latest success for writer-director and co-star Perry, whose past hits for Lionsgate include “Madea’s Family Reunion” and “Why Did I Get Married?” Shot on modest [...]