One hundred years ago, the Jungfrau Railway helped make the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland one of the continent’s supreme destinations. On board the train Jan Morris finds a world where science fiction becomes ‘science fact’
Surrounded by rainforest on the Brazilian coast, Paraty has a sleepy appearance that hides a buzzing social scene. Lucia van der Post rents a house and joins in
Hot on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s visit to Burma, Thant Myint-U reveals how the perfectly preserved colonial buildings of the capital are under threat