Dramatic plot: Shakespeare’s New Place, Stratford

Shakespeare’s family home – the largest in Stratford – is gone, but there’s more to his plot on Chapel Street than meets the eye, including a Tudor real-life story of “murder most foul”.

Venice’s best-kept secret

You don’t have to be an opera buff to enjoy Musica a Palazzo’s performances in an atmospheric palazzo on the Grand Canal.

Giving art the hurry-up in Glasgow

The popular Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum houses 8000 objects in 22 galleries. But what if you have only one hour?

The 1968 bronze copy of Il Porcellino outside Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia

Authentic sightseeing: Copy that

Not everything in your travel sights has to be original to be authentic. These eight reproductions could even surpass your expectations.

Around the Globe in London

Do a tour of William Shakespeare’s historical playhouse, attend a performance, and glean fun facts about the Bard.

Window Seat photo prompt: Mount Etna, Sicily

“I wanted to suggest the contrast between life and death in nature,” says Sicilian-born Placido Faranda of his arresting photograph of the volcano’s north-eastern flank.