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Inside the Virgin Galactic spaceship. Photograph: Spaceship Co/Virgin Galactic via Getty Two windows for $250k: Virgin Galactic unveils its moodily lit spaceship cabin

SpaceShipTwo comes with all mod cons, including cameras to film you escaping gravity

Lake Michigan: In summer, the weather is usually glorious, so it’s all about the outdoors – there’s lots of water sports from paddleboarding and surfing to boating and water-skiing. Photograph: iStock In search of the kind of America I’d always heard about in Michigan

There are counties named after Antrim, Clare, Roscommon and Robert Emmet

Almost 900 years since its construction, Angkor Wat remains a masterpiece Exploring the temples of Angkor, where civilisation and nature entwine

Shilpa Ganatra takes a phone photography tour of the magnificent Angkor Wat, and the temples that battled with the elements… and lost

Sonya Lennon marked her birthday with a family holiday in India. Sonya Lennon: We swapped our family sun resort holiday for an Indian adventure

Spice markets, safaris, temples and hanging out as a family made it a trip of a lifetime

Fisherman’s shrine in Da Nang, south-central Vietnam’s tourist capital A bumpy, noisy, chaotic and unforgettable journey through Vietnam

It’s an experience like no other, the kind of thing you want to soak up when you’re somewhere very different

British Airways gun incident: a passenger found a pistol left in a toilet by the bodyguard of David Cameron (above). Photograph: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Loaded gun found with former PM’s passport in aircraft toilet sparks security alert

David Cameron’s bodyguard suspended after incident aboard New York-London BA flight

Anantara Dhigu in the Maldives. “Everywhere you turn is perfect. Coconut trees shade views of the ocean. The coconuts themselves are delicious.” Living in Instagram on holidays in the Maldives

Sense of fragility and air of unreality pervade life on the island nation in South Asia

The scale of the Po-i Kalan Islamic complex of 16th century buildings in Bukhara brought Shilpa Ganatra to  tears. Uzbekistan: the ridiculously good-looking country that’s becoming a hotspot for travellers

Central Asia returns as a popular destination due to centuries of globally-important history and culture

Bridge running through the treetops in Kings Park, Perth, Australia Leaving dark and cold Ireland for the pure blue skies of Western Australia

Perth has great public facilities, plentiful sunshine and wide open spaces to enjoy

Mules carrying the luggage during a trekking tour through Morocco Walking in the Atlas mountains: A short break that’s long on experience

It’s hard to think of anywhere as close to Ireland that is as culturally different as Morocco

Nature lovers will revel in the hiking trails in Shimla, India. Photograph: iStock Once in a lifetime holidays to take this winter

From volcanoes in Costa Rica to sleigh rides in Lapland - take a trip you'll never forget

Colourful buildings of Randyland art museum in Mexican War Streets district in Pittsburgh’s Northside. Pennsylvania, USA Pittsburgh: A cool American city without the big-city price tag

Great architecture, cute neighbourhoods and good food for reasonable value

Qantas nonstop flight: Capt Helen Trenerry and First Officer Ryan Gill demonstrate the monitors they wore during the London-Sydney test trip Record flight, record jet lag? Qantas touches down after 19hr 19min

A direct London-Sydney service is on the cards – if passengers and crew can bear it

Exploring  fresh produce  at a local farmers market in Vancouver There is hope for a changing world in Vancouver’s inspiring food scene

There is an emphasis in the Canadian city on ‘clean’n’green’ fare produced ethically, sustainably and locally

Myanmar is one of six south-east Asian countries now producing wine. Myanmar on the cusp of another revolution – but this time it’s about wine

Hans Leiendecker is on a mission to bring his decades of expertise to bear on Myanmar’s embryonic wine scene

Iain Henderson and CJ Stander arrive at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho Returning to Japan after 30 years for the Rugby World Cup

Frank McNally recalls lavish 1988 trip as he prepares to report on this year’s tournament

A week among the stars (and the Irish) in Los Angeles

Make sure your trip to LA includes great food, cool bars and a Dodgers game

The medina, Fès el Bali, is said to be the largest car-free urban area in the world. Fès: Marrakesh’s quieter, timeless little sister

The 1,200-year-old Moroccan city has that captivating sense of being at a crossroads: of cultures and of time

Shilpa Ganatra flying high above Victoria Falls in Zambia. The mesmerising beauty of Zambia’s Victoria Falls

No picture in the world can adequately convey the magnitude of the waterfall

St Lucia is spectacular – sun-soaked, small but ruggedly mountainous and thickly covered in exotic, lush plant life, with clear, warm-water beaches. Photograph: Getty Holidaying solo on the honeymooner’s island of St Lucia

I’m not by nature a terribly relaxed person, but the vibe is downright infectious

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You have an  opportunity to think about what  you want your future to look like, and how you want to reboot your life when the world starts to reboot into normality. Photograph: Getty Should I end my strained relationship amid the Covid-19 pandemic?
“So aren’t you even curious?” Honor goes. “In terms of how you did in the Christmas exams that I set for you?” Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Honor has been, like, homeschooling me’
A view of Dublin city during the Covid-19 lockdown. Photograph: Tom Honan Pete Lunn: We need to tackle Covid-19 differently after this lockdown. Here is how

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1 Justine King, from Co Dublin, says it was a total shock when she found out she had Covid-19. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times ‘I got a burning smell in my nose’: Third-wave Covid-19 patients share their experiences

2 Ballyhaunis Three: Seán Tighe, Bernie Waldron and John Devaney in New York. Photograph: @CBones705/Twitter The most Irish thing ever? Ballyhaunis Three identified in quick time

3 Normal anxiety is intermittent and context specific, whereas problematic anxiety is pervasive, constant and impacts on all aspects of the person’s day-to-day life. Photograph: Getty Joanna Fortune: ‘Don’t minimise or try to fix a child’s anxiety. It doesn’t work’

4 Marmalade yoghurt tea cake. Photograph: Harry Weir Photography Marmalade yoghurt tea cake

5 Nowadays, there are an estimated 67 million domestic workers worldwide Is paying someone to clean your house the last word in middle-class privilege?

6 Make this peanut stew as spicy as you like. This warm, spicy stew can be rustled up in 15 minutes

7 Some habits learned during the pandemic may be worth holding on to. Photograph: iStock Five habits learned during the pandemic that we should keep

8 Marmalade yoghurt tea cake: delicious and simple to make. Photograph: Harry Weir A perfect tea cake: fluffy, light, unfussy – and simple to make

9  A doctor prepares a dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Cremona Hospital, Italy, on January 6th. Photograph:  Marco Mantovani/Getty Images Luke O’Neill: Scientists have delivered against Covid-19. Now the politicians need to

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