How your BA and Virgin Atlantic air miles can still soar – without you having to leave your home

The jets may be grounded – but your air miles can still soar (and you don’t even have to leave your home) Use airlines’ online stores for larger purchases in order to boost your air miles A little-known Tesco Clubcard trick lets you earn a large number of air miles  You can earn extra BA Avios … Read more

How to explore the world from home during lockdown with the BBC’s Peter White and Pierce Brosnan

The Armchair Traveller: Seeing great cities through the eyes of a blind man and discovering the Amalfi coast with Pierce Brosnan – how to explore the world from home BBC’s Peter White charts his travels in the podcast Blind Man Roams The Globe  The movie Love Is All You Need is set in both Copenhagen … Read more

The arts and crafts of a truly stylish break from Devon to Scotland

Millennials love to think they discovered everything and have even come up with a whizzy term – cottagecore – to describe an appreciation of the aesthetic beauty and romance of rural life.  Fuelled by the power of social media, the cottagecore trend is currently sweeping the United States, but this idealisation of style has been … Read more

Inside the Algar do Carvão the volcanic Azores cave that harbours a lake and lush vegetation

Inside the incredible 330ft-long volcanic cavern that’s smothered in lush vegetation and home to an underground lake The Algar do Carvão is a volcanic cavern located on Terceira, one of the largest islands in the Azores  The top of the vent is surrounded by green vegetation and there is a manmade staircase inside for visitors … Read more

See the Northern Lights with Carol Kirkwood – join the presenter on a search for the aurora borealis

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See the Northern Lights with Carol Kirkwood – join the popular weather presenter on a search for the magical aurora borealis By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:02 BST, 4 April 2020 | Updated: 22:02 BST, 4 April 2020 The magical Northern Lights have enchanted travellers for centuries. And … Read more

Inside the world’s largest bike garage in Utrecht, which has room for 12,500 bicycles

Wheel-y impressive! Inside the world’s largest bike garage – a vast three-storey subterranean facility with parking spots for 12,500 bicycles and 1,200-metres of lanes The world’s most enormous bike garage is located in the Dutch city of Utrecht below its major train station  It’s an impressive three-storey structure with enough space for 12,500 bikes and … Read more

Nasa is running a knock-out photography competition featuring pictures of Earth taken from space

The competition is fierce in this public-vote photography contest – because all the entries are out of this world. Nasa’s Earth Observatory has opened up an archive of pictures of Earth taken from space and is asking the public to vote for the winner in a knock-out-style competition. The contest is called Tournament Earth and … Read more

Think you could win Landscape Photographer of the Year? Past entries show how tough it is to win

Do you think you have what it takes to scoop a prize in the prestigious Landscape Photographer of the Year contest? If you’re a keen snapper and you’ve yet to enter, there’s still time. The competition – which has a £20,000 prize pot – has had its entry date extended by just over a month … Read more