December 2021

• This quite ridiculous tree-covered building has just sprung up in China
• You can now climb 530 foot up that massive viewing tower in Brighton
• Istanbul’s OTT public drinking fountains are straight out of a Wes Anderson movie
• Is this flying Batmobile the future of urban transport?
• These 25 words were added to the dictionary in 2021 – how many do you know?
• Have you heard the one about the Dutch town with precisely zero roads?
• The best online workouts for getting sweaty at home
• 13 songs that got us (awkwardly) dancing again in 2021
• Paul Thomas Anderson: ‘Valley girl stereotypes are all kind of horseshit’
• This shiny new capsule hotel has just landed in the Spanish desert
• Could this be the world’s coolest park?
• The Matrix Resurrections
• A first look at Northern Ireland’s massive new Game of Thrones Studio Tour
• The 32 best cookbooks of 2021
• Coming in 2022: a brand-new sleeper train running all the way across Europe
• You can spend the night in this beautiful Irish castle for free
• Wait, is ‘Die Hard’ a remake of ‘It’s a Wonderful Life?’
• Take a look at the mesmerising winners of Nature Photographer of the Year 2021
• Did you know there’s a company that turns dead people into coral reefs?
• There’s a new trailer for the big Harry Potter reunion
• How Basel started a green-roof revolution in Europe
• The UK needs tougher Omicron restrictions, like, now – so what could they be?
• British Airways is selling return flights to New York for just £326
• The 10 best American patriotic songs
• 13 amazing projects that made cities around the world greener in 2021
• 15 really, really great books that got us through 2021
• The 18 best subscription boxes that are guaranteed to spark joy
• 2021 streaming: the best shows we binged this year
• The 16 best new bars that opened around the world in 2021
• TikTokers around the world are swapping houses with strangers, ‘The Holiday’-style
• Dream holiday alert: you can now stay in this beautiful hilltop castle in Japan
• Pay attention, 007! James Bond’s UK studios are opening to the public
• 7 amazing life lessons from bell hooks we should all live by
• Benedict Cumberbatch scores at the London Critics’ Circle awards nominations
• The 25 greatest songs about rain
• Christmas TV 2021: best films to watch this festive season
• Is the UK waiting until after Christmas to go into lockdown?
• The 23 best new restaurants that opened around the world in 2021
• Revealed: Paris’s plans to turn the Seine into one gigantic Olympic stadium
• Qantas is launching its first direct flights from Australia to Europe in 2022
• This brand-new Paris-Vienna sleeper train sounds ridiculously romantic
• The 2021 checklist
• There will soon be an epic bike path running along Italy’s Adriatic coast
• Malta just became the first European country to legalise weed – so where’s next?
• 14 cool museums and other culture spots that opened around the world in 2021
• 2021 movie review: the 20 best films of the year
• 12 spectacular public artworks that brightened up our cities in 2021
• The UK’s travel ‘red list’ has been scrapped... again
• The UK is running very, very low on PCR tests now, too
• Should I attend my Christmas Party? Here’s everything you should know before you go
• 15 up-and-coming filmmakers you need to know about in 2022
• Did you know there’s a town in the USA where mobile phones, TV and wi-fi are banned?
• Titane
• Censor
• This is officially the coolest colour of 2021 – but is it blue or purple?
• These massive ‘flying bums’ could be ready to carry passengers by 2025
• How to get your booster this week (and help stop another lockdown)
• So… what is ‘Plan C’? Here’s everything you need to know about the UK’s next restrictions
• The UK appears to have run out of lateral flow tests
• The 50 coolest filmmakers in the world right now
• The Christmas Day weather forecasts for the UK have dropped
• The UK’s first net-zero McDonald’s has just opened in a pretty random place
• 7 December holidays that make winter brighter around the world
• Pig
• The 30 best holiday movies to watch this year
• The most inspiring cities in the world – as picked by its coolest filmmakers
• A first look at the Orient Express trains that will return to Italy in 2023
• The coolest cinemas in the world – as picked by its most exciting filmmakers
• Cinema’s funniest scenes – as picked by its coolest filmmakers
• All kids in New Zealand will soon be banned from buying cigarettes... for ever
• The 100 best New York songs
• Revealed: the best bars in the world right now
• Dear Evan Hansen
• The 20 best jungle tracks ever
• The 100 best movies of all time as chosen by actors
• The 11 best Barbie movies of all time
• The best James Bond movies of all time
• The 32 best London movies
• The 11 best Bollywood songs
• The ten best Bollywood actresses
• The ten best Bollywood dance scenes
• The 15 best sex scenes with no sex in them
• The 100 best animated movies: the best psychedelic movies
• 10 actors who turn sex scenes into art
• The best free music apps
• The best motivational songs
• The best Motown songs of all time
• The 50 top rap lyrics about food
• Mac DeMarco reveals the meaning behind his madness
• The best Oktoberfest songs of all time
• The best feminist songs for any playlist
• The 50 best LA songs
• The best protest songs of all time
• The 20 greatest songs about heartbreak
• The 50 best songs of the 2000s
• The 100 best London songs
• This converted church in Brighton is, almost certainly, the house of your dreams
• Sleep under the Northern Lights at these wholesome ‘warm igloos’ in Alaska
• The most ridiculously extra art exhibition of the year is here
• Every single person in Wales is getting a free tree to help the planet
• The Grinch’s lair is now available to rent on Who-bnb
• In pictures: the big shiny new star on top of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família
• These incredible photos capture the beauty of the USA’s most iconic road
• Berlin’s techno clubs could soon be awarded Unesco World Heritage status
• What are the latest UK travel restrictions? Here’s everything you need to know
• 8 easy ways to help the homeless this Christmas
• Notre-Dame could get a new ‘Disney’ look – and people are pissed off
• The best gifts for the movie lover in your life this year
• House of Gucci
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• In Pictures: The first Pottheads returned to London’s Harry Potter Studios this morning
• 20 ways to celebrate Harry Potter’s 20th anniversary
• All travellers to the USA must now test negative within 24 hours of their flight
• Australia is officially the drunkest country in the world
• Wales is planning to pay landlords to put up 30,000 homeless people
• Revealed: the most expensive cities in the world right now
• This ‘House of Gucci’ experience in Tuscany is a trip fit for a fashion icon