August 2021

• This picture of bedraggled cheetahs is among the best shots at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021
• The EU has announced an updated ‘white list’ for travel from outside Europe
• The Alpinist
• Harry Potter’s Platform 9¾ trolley is touring the UK in October
• This modern art museum just got a new look – and it’s peak Berlin
• The 18 best drinking cities in the world, according to bartenders
• Want to really get away? Try this hotel hidden in a Portuguese hillside
• Candyman
• Get in a cage and meet the lions at this ‘reverse zoo’ in South Africa
• Krispy Kreme ups the ante with two free doughnuts for vaccinated Americans
• The most exciting online board games to play with friends
• 5 best online drinking games to play over Zoom
• 6 wine accessories we’re drooling over right now
• Three huge new clubs are about to open across the UK
• Airbnb will house 20,000 Afghan refugees in its properties
• Respect
• Brighton is getting a beachfront lido – and we’re really into it
• Could these be the world’s most extra botanic gardens?
• A puppet dragon the size of a double-decker bus is about to hatch in the UK
• This is 21: meet Earth’s newest adults
• We’re raising a glass to bars around the world this month
• Would you stay the night in this balancing metal tube?
• There’s a new immersive Frida Kahlo show opening in Mexico City
• The north of England has more really, really good restaurants than London
• The five things every LGBTQ+ visitor should do in Copenhagen
• Tune in to watch a livestream of Copenhagen 2021 WorldPride's Drag Night!
• Vinegar Strokes's five go-to gay bars in London
• This epic railway route across Iran just became a World Heritage Site
• Five endorphin-pumping exercises you can do in your flat
• How to get into open-world video games
• 11 video games you can get lost in
• The best online escape rooms to try from home
• The best meditation apps to help you calm the f**k down
• Five super-weird board games you've probably never heard of
• Eight brilliant board games for movie lovers
• Where to get started with... Zadie Smith
• Where to get started with... Fyodor Dostoevsky
• Where to get started with... Alice Munro
• Where to get started with... Charles Dickens
• Where to get started with... Virginia Woolf
• The 10 best David Bowie albums
• The 20 best Nicki Minaj songs
• The 20 best one-hit wonders
• The 20 best ’90s bands
• The best ’60s revolutionary soul songs
• The 8 best TLC songs
• The 24 best weed songs ever
• The 15 best albums of 2020: new music that pulled us through
• The 50 best songs of 2014
• The best wedding songs of all time
• The 28 coolest bars in the world right now
• The best car sing alongs for the whole family
• The best U2 songs of all time
• The best garage bands of all time
• The best Earth Day songs
• The best punk bands of all time
• The 10 best indie-rock bands of all time
• The 100 best songs of 2015
• The best KIDZ BOP songs of all time
• The 10 best lesbian songs of all time
• Top 5 Facebook songs
• The 16 best New Jersey songs
• The 10 best Charlie Puth songs
• The best house music DJs of all time
• The best summer songs for kids to play on repeat
• 17 wildly underrated cocktails, according to bartenders
• Free Guy
• Chefs around the world rally to support survivors in Haiti
• Reminiscence
• You can stay the night in this incredible sunflower-covered hotel
• This Icelandic hotel is giving away a month-long holiday – with one snag
• This murder-mystery train ride through Napa is perfect for Harry Potter fans
• Old
• You can drink craft ale in the shower at this Manchester beer hotel
• Thought your lido was cool? Take a look at this harbour pool in Norway
• The Nest
• 'Shang-Chi' early reactions promise Marvel's best action sequences yet
• Check out this haunting new underwater sculpture park in Cyprus
• Gen Z are desperate to travel abroad again – but millennials don’t care
• People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan
• This colossal spiral-staircase watchtower has epic views over the North Sea
• How not to be a dick at your favorite bar, according to bartenders
• The ‘German Louvre’ just opened in Berlin – but not everyone’s happy
• Here's how to live stream the Perseid Meteor Shower tonight
• Attention: there’s a new official best airport in the world
• Annette
• Keanu Reeves seems poised to fight half of Hollywood in 'John Wick 4'
• Cup Noodles is launching a pumpkin spice flavor this fall, and we’re all bracing for impact
• ‘The whole movie-star thing comes pretty naturally’: Kurupt FM on breaking Hollywood
• This Italian monastery has been transformed into a super-stylish spa hotel
• Our Ladies
• Zola
• A Peppa Pig theme park is headed to Florida
• This Willy Wonka-themed hotel room has lickable wallpaper
• Ryanair is selling £4.99 flights to Croatia for this summer
• This lighthouse on the Basque coast is now home to an incredible art installation
• Revealed: these are officially the UK’s hottest seaside destinations
• The Helsinki Biennial could be Europe’s coolest new arts festival
• This 1960s UFO house just landed in a country park in the UK
• This grand European train station is being turned into a swanky hotel
• This season’s must-have accessory? The Barilla Pasta Bag
• 21 ways bars have changed forever, according to bartenders
• And just like that, it’s Pumpkin Spice Season once again
• The 21 best dramas on Netflix US
• The best Disney Channel Original Movies on Disney Plus
• The best new movies to see this month US
• The best kids’ movies on Netflix UK
• The 29 best Netflix documentaries in the US
• Here’s your chance to own a slice of Princess Diana’s wedding cake
• Revealed: these are officially the UK’s prettiest towns
• The Last Letter From Your Lover