Sarah Marshall

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Sarah Marshall

A multi-million dollar renovation of the Tierra Atacama hotel has transformed one of the driest places on earth into a high-end destination. Rising in a perfect pyramid between the borders of Chile and Bolivia, the Licancabur volcano has for centuries drawn pilgrims to its crater, where ancient civilisations sought communion with their ancestors. Even today, its mystical allure remains undeniable, casting a powerful spell over the surrounding, otherworldly landscape.

1 week ago | telegraph.co.uk | Sarah Marshall

Ambitions have always been big in this former Viking fishing village, which has just pipped Vienna to the prestigious title Over the years, monarchs have chosen a variety of elaborate and ostentatious celebrations to commemorate their Golden Jubilee anniversaries. George III had a 50-gun salute from the Tower of London, Queen Victoria arranged a party for 50 of her favourite international dignitaries, and our late Queen Elizabeth II trumped them all by jetting off on 40,000-mile world tour.

1 week ago | derbyshiretimes.co.uk | Sarah Marshall

The devastated family of the 11-year-old girl killed in a crash have described her as having “the biggest smile, the biggest heart” as they “beg” anyone with information to come forward. Elemie Wainwright was hit by a Ford Transit van at the junction of High Street and Station Road in Mosborough on Thursday afternoon (June 12), with the emergency services called at around 4.49pm. The schoolgirl was rushed to hospital, but despite the best efforts of medics, she died a short time later.

2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Sarah Marshall

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2 weeks ago | independent.co.uk | Sarah Marshall

An aerial safari is a wonderful way to understand one of the most remote places on our planet, says Sarah Marshall. Dry waves crest and fall in an ever-shifting landscape, ebbing and flowing without water for the past 80 million years. Several trillion grains of sand extend for more than 2,000km along the coast of Namibia and into Angola, minuscule flecks forming an arid landmass larger than Scotland. At ground level, it’s impossible to comprehend the size of the Namiba, the world’s oldest desert.