Trondheim

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The electric aircraft Alice, manufactured by Eviation Aircraft, was unveiled at the Paris Air Show. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
Eviation targets commuters with electric aircraft Alice

An electric aircraft capable of flying up to 650 miles with nine passengers made its debut at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday, with its manufacturer tar(...)

The Highland service, called the Deerstalker, is one of the best train journeys in Britain. After Glasgow, it goes past Loch Treig to the foot of Ben Nevis. From Fort William, the line continues to Mallaig, across the Glenfinnan viaduct – of Harry Potter fame
18 of the world’s best rail journeys

UK London to Fort William Duration: 419 miles/13hr Price (single): From £45/€51. The Caledonian Sleeper, one of Britain’s last sleeper services (the (...)

Lofoten Islands, northern Norway
From Dublin to the Arctic and back . . . by train
  • Travel
  • September 9, 2017, 06:00

“You’re crazy. You do know it’s as far from Oslo to the north of Norway as it is from Dublin to Oslo? Just fly!” This reaction from more than one frie(...)

Mette Henriette - Untitled: rarely hummable, but full of conviction
  • Music
  • December 11, 2015, 00:00

Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg, to give her her full title, is not a name that will be known to many outside Norway. A tenor saxophonist of Sam(...)

Gemma Doorly and Karl Shiels in Being Norwegian
Theatre review | Being Norwegian skirts cliche to achieve poignancy

Norwegian Wood Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, Dublin ****   He is nervous and unsettled, living alone in a new flat that grumbles wi(...)

Nobel Prize winner US Professor John O’ Keefe speaks to reporters after winning the award for Physiology or Medicine during a press conference in London. Photograph: Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA
Son of Irish emigrants wins Nobel Prize for medicine

A son of Irish emigrants, Anglo-American professor John O’Keefe jointly won the 2014 Nobel Prize for medicine today with Norwegian couple May-Britt an(...)

Marius Nesset/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Lion
  • Music
  • April 11, 2014, 00:00

Most musicians have to wait until relatively late in their careers before they get their hands on a large ensemble for their own nefarious purposes(...)