Maps and navigational charts are spread out on the galley table as I pick up the walkie-talkie. ‘Whitsunday Escape, Whitsunday Escape, this is Tickety Boo on Channel 82,’ I say with as much seriousness I can muster, the whites of my knuckles showing as I press down hard on the side button.
To be clear, Tickety Boo isn’t some strange nickname I’ve picked up in Australia but rather the name of the 40ft sailing catamaran we’re captaining through the Whitsunday
Sheryl Crow stunned alongside the dazzling duo Halle and Chloe Bailey on Friday night when all three stars attended the MusiCares Person of the Year gala in Los Angeles.
The Real Gone singer, 60 – who recently performed at the American Heart Association’s starry charity concert – rocked black leather pants and a plunging gray top with a cascading train, while Halle and Chloe brought some glamorous shimmer to the red carpet in their gowns.
Halle, 22, rocked a fireworks
Die Krone auf dem Sarg der Königin ist ein außergewöhnliches Schmuckstück und das bekannteste Element der Kronjuwelen – einer unbezahlbaren Sammlung von Zehntausenden von Edelsteinen, die im Laufe der Jahrhunderte von britischen Königen und Königinnen gesammelt wurden. Die Krone funkelt mit fast 3.000 Steinen – darunter 2.868 Diamanten, 273 Perlen, 17 Saphire, 11 Smaragde und fünf Rubine.
Die Historikerin und Autorin von „The Crown Jewels“, Anna Keay, sagte gegenüber BBC: „Manchmal kann es ziemlich schwierig sein, sie anzusehen, wegen des
Rivers, mountains, gorges, primordial forests, vineyards, a (small) Mediterranean coastline, caves, castles, alpine churches — and all in an area smaller than Wales.
This is Slovenia — sitting prettily between Italy (to the west), Croatia (to the south and east) and Austria (to the north) — an often overlooked country, which until 1991 was part of Yugoslavia and is now a thriving EU democracy.
In summer, its contrast with the cheek-by-jowl fleshpots of southern Europe is evident as soon as
Amy Jackson looked sensational as she led the star-studded arrivals at the British Academy Film Awards 2022 Gala Dinner at The Londoner Hotel on Friday night.
The actress, 30, sent temperatures soaring as she flaunted her hourglass figure in a thigh-split black gown which featured a plunging neckline and showcased her hourglass figure.
Putting on animated display at the lavish bash, she accessorised her look with a glitzy silver necklace and added inches to her enviable frame with a pair
Travel writer Jo Kessel filmed dazzling footage of her stay at Resorts World Las Vegas – the first new hotel to open on the Strip in over a decade. The last new opening was The Cosmopolitan in 2010. The footage shows just how ‘mega’ the resort is, from its oversized rooms to the world’s largest LED globe to its 5,000-seat theatre, the biggest in town. Plus it has the inside scoop on where to eat and drink, including Alle Lounge
Clear night skies are quite a rarity in Britain – but when the clouds do break, the cosmos is always ready to put on a show, as these incredible pictures reveal in mesmerising fashion.
They’re all taken by Dan Monk, 30, an astronomer and the Director of Astrophotography at Kielder Observatory in Northumberland.
One photograph captures the majesty of the Milky Way, which he explains is ‘roughly 100,000 light-years’ away from the Earth, while another illustrates the Andromeda Galaxy –
