Edward Johnson

It’s 7.30pm on 29 April and I’m standing alone on the highest hill in this part of Cornwall. The sun is bright and eager, dancing with dainty flashes on the waves west towards Newquay. But I’m wrapped in everything I have – two pairs of…

The manager of a historical museum in North Carolina is defending himself from criticism that an event he planned offered a sympathetic portrayal of slaveownersByThe Associated PressJune 12, 2021, 10:36 PM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare…

An off-duty flight attendant took control of the public address system and then fought with passengers and crew members on board a Delta Air Lines flight on Friday in the latest outburst of violent behavior by airline passengers, the…

Thailand's prime minister has announced that some restrictions to protect against the spread of COVID-19 will be lifted in the capital Bangkok early next weekBy CHALIDA EKVITTAYAVECHNUKUL Associated PressJune 12, 2021, 4:11 PM• 3 min…

The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines WriterJune…

Rain fell heavily as though a giant watering can was being poured – liberally – from the skies. Yet despite the changeable conditions I wasn’t cold, or wet, because I had finally learned the importance of good gear when it comes to outdoor…

Wasdale Head Inn, Lake DistrictFamously one of the early focal points in the birth of mountaineering, the Wasdale Head was a base for the first English alpinists from the early 1800s.Many luminaries of the climbing world have visited since,…

Crew a boatBritain’s extensive network inland waterways – rivers, streams and canals – covers a whopping 4,700 miles, of which 2,700 are navigable. The organisation that looks after this network, the Canal & Rivers Trust, has a number…

On the first weekend of May this year, I met up with five of my oldest male friends at Waterloo station, took a train to Milford in Surrey, walked 12 miles across Bagmoor Common and the Devil’s Punch Bowl, stopped for lunch at The Three…

Six Flags Great America has settled a class-action lawsuit by agreeing to pay $36 million over the use of fingerprint scanners at its Illinois theme parkByThe Associated PressJune 12, 2021, 12:29 AM• 1 min readShare to FacebookShare to…