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The comfy staple is seen as the perfect fashion transition after months spent at home

Already have an account? Photo: Photo by Lê Tân on Unsplash No matter how ultralight I go, there is one backpacking luxury I’m unwilling to give up: my book. Whether I’m lounging in frontcountry comfort with a thousand-page novel or wedging a tiny paperback in the outer pocket of my backpack, I always have a story close at hand. For summer overnights I prefer a lighthearted (and physically light) tome, one that won’t keep me—and, depending on headlamp brightness, my tentmate—awake into the wee hours, and doesn’t add too much weight to my pack. These eight picks from Backpacker�...

Welcome to our occasional Big Cat Diary with Tim Whittard

Welcome to our occasional Big Cat Diary with Tim Whittard The rich and varied biome of the UK and its wilderness is home to countless legends and mysteries, with an opulent tradition of folklore focusing on weird and unusual creatures. From the banshees and ogres of Welsh mythology, to Nessie and the Wulver of the Shetlands, from the Irish alligator and the leprechauns of the Emerald Isle, to the likes of Spring-Heeled Jack and the Woodwose, and yet amongst these tales and the rich stories of anomalous entities there is one such legend that is shared by all locales and utterly refuses to ...

500-year-old sailing goods store Arthur Beale goes out of business © Provided by New York Daily News The Arthur Beale store in Shaftesbury Avenue. A sailing goods store that’s been equipping adventurers for half a millennium is closing its doors for good next month. Arthur Beale, which was called John Buckinghams when it opened in the 1600s, survived through some hard times. But the BBC reports high rent on London’s West End and the COVID pandemic wiped it out. “A lot of people think it’s bizarre that there’s a yacht chandler in London but 500 years ago the Thames was pretty impo...