A member of Globetrotters Club? Interested in a £1,000 travel award? Know someone who is? We have £1,000 to award each year for five years for the best submitted independent travel plan. Interested? Then see our legacy page on our Website, where you can apply with your plans for a totally independent travel trip and…

A 200-year-old pair of French false teeth are going on display for the first time at the British Museum. The 18th century teeth, which belonged to the Archbishop of Narbonne, who died in 1806, were found in his coffin after an archaeologists' dig in London at St Pancras graveyard ahead of building work on the…

Noticed by Padmassana: tourists visiting Iran might be able to add an unusual stop-off on their itinerary – a trip to one of the Islamic republic's nuclear sites. Iran’s state news agency IRNA recently reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has given permission for tourists to visit nuclear sites as proof that Iran's atomic activities are…

The world recently crowned a new King and Queen of the conker. Sounds strange? This news come from Reuters – competition ringmaster Richard Howard said: “This year we had entries from 19 countries.” Amid much revelry and competition on the village green in the town of Ashton, Chris Jones, 48, of London was declared Conker…

Police in Australia are hunting for a thief caught on a Gold Coast’s pet shop's security camera stuffing a lorikeet down his underpants and running to a getaway car parked in the street outside. Hhhmm, gives a new version to the phrase budgie smuggler. Mr Westaway, the shop owner said that the theft was an…

I'm thrilled to let all Globetrotter e-newsletter readers know that the Travel Writing Workshop, until now exclusively held at the Guardian Newsroom, is wandering abroad. This November, the first Paris Travel Writing Workshop will take place at the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore, just opposite the Notre Dame. The Paris Workshop will include a 'travel…

Pattaya, the seedy resort in Thailand is home to a Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum. In October, a Thai snake charmer attempted to break the Guinness Book of World Records record set in 1999 when an American kissed eleven venomous snakes by kissing nineteen extremely poisonous king cobras. The snakes were provided by Ripleys…

You may want to avoid travelling on Bangladesh’s state carrier, Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The airline is planning to cut down on the frequency of flights to international destinations because it cannot pay for the repair of five of its fleet of 13 aircraft. Five out of Biman's 13 aircraft are now out of service due…

According to newly released US government statistics, lost or mishandled bags increased by nearly 25 percent in August as airlines struggled to handle an increase in checked luggage after authorities banned most liquids and gels from passenger cabins. At United Airlines, mishandled bags jumped from 5.4 per 1,000 passengers in July to 9 in August,…

A recent study by British insurers, the Halifax Travel Insurance says that climate change may lead to the British package holiday to the Mediterranean becoming “consigned to the scrapbook of history”. Places like Majorca may be too hot by 2030, and replaced by UK holidays, and health, sport and cultural visits. The report said more…