Sally Howard

This hot, hectic and hedonistic Indian city has many sides. Find out where to stay to enjoy them all in our list of its best hotels

Discover the best places to stay during a trip to India’s soulful southern state, from hillside hideaways near Candolim to budget beach retreats in Agonda.

More people are changing careers later in life than ever – and jobs in hospitality and tourism are proving the most popular choice

When authoritarian regimes gain ground around the world, dance projects can act as a form of resistance. Sally Howard reports on dance as protest – from the 1930s to today.

In 2024 the Taliban banned women from training as doctors or any other kind of healthcare worker. But an underground network of trainers is keeping hopes alive for Afghanistan’s aspiring female medics In the aftermath of a 6.0 magnitude earthquake

In Northern France seaside towns are trying hard to rebrand themselves and shake off their gritty image, shaped by a history of coal mining – and the more recent migrant crisis. Sally Howard went to find out more about the towns' aspirations to build

From puddles to potholes, the reverse culture shock will be overwhelming – and these British expats know the feeling

Are you the one who never knows the gate number or the hotel name? You might be a perfect example of the trend Gen Z loves to hate

Rental ‘walk-through’ videos publicly reviewing guests’ holiday home habits reveal the broken ecosystem of the sharing economy

Infidelity is one of the top causes of divorce – and overseas flings are a culprit. Our writer, who had one herself, explores the fallout

Amid increasingly complex cases, ballooning expectations from service users and growing regulatory demands, burnout among housing management staff is rife – and good workers are leaving because of it. So how can the sector tackle it? Sally Howard

Superyachts are flocking to our shores for the summer months, fleeing the heat, the crowds, and prying eyes

The environment usually takes a backseat in times of conflict. But in Ukraine a rewilding project is sowing seeds for a greener, more peaceful future

Palestinian children are being “deliberately targeted and killed” by Israeli security forces in the war in Gaza, a UN inquiry has warned. In a 23 June report1 an independent UN inquiry said that Israel had killed 20 000 Palestinian children and injured 44 000 since the outbreak of war in Gaza in October 2023. The report found “widespread devastation” of the healthcare infrastructure that serves children, including “direct targeting” of neonatal and maternity care centres in Gaza by Israeli for

A record surge of severely malnourished patients is overwhelming a Somali hospital run by Médecins Sans Frontières, the charity has warned, while aid organisations call for an “urgent and rapid scale-up” of aid in the drought afflicted country. MSF reports that between March and May 2026 1400 severely malnourished patients were admitted to its inpatient therapeutic feeding centre at Bay Regional Hospital in Baidoa, southwestern Somalia. This is three times the number of admitted in 2025 and the

UK residents are living longer but with fewer years in good health, data show. But how reliable are these numbers, and what action is needed? Sally Howard reports Healthy life expectancy (HLE) at birth is a key measure of a population's health. While life expectancy tells us how long someone is expected to live, HLE measures the average years we can expect someone to live in good health, free from significant disability or chronic illness.1 The UK made significant gains on this measure from 1

As job vacancies vanish, young entrepreneurs are pitching up at markets, discovering new opportunities in an old trade

Despite stricter personal allowances, some are beating rising prices by rediscovering the beer and wine run to Calais