When the World’s Worst Holiday-maker poll surveyed more than 1,000 tourists who holidayed in Spain, France, Cyprus, Malta, Italy, Turkey, Greece and Portugal, it was the Russians who were voted the worst. They got one-third of the votes. Voters felt that Russians were “tracksuit-wearing, greedy, money-flashing oafs who dressed like chavs and swore in public places.” Earlier, German tourists...

The chair on which JK Rowling sat to write The Philosopher’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets, the first two books in the Harry Potter series, is up for grabs on eBay. She was, of course, an impoverished single mother at that time, living in her Scottish Council flat surviving on benefits and fighting depression. The chair has been personalised by Rowling herself and features several painted...

If you were given a choice, where you would choose to live? A survey conducted by International Living Magazine across 194 countries has tried to find out the best places for living. Countries were judged on nine parameters - cost of living, culture & leisure, economy, environment, freedom, health, infrastructure, safety & risk, and climate. France emerged as the highest-rated country for the...