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Favourite holiday spots and companies of 2018 revealed at our Sun Travel Awards

9/21/2018, 5:08:24 PM
THE summer might only just be over, but if you’re planning another holiday already – take some inspiration from fellow Sun readers. The Sun Travel Awards have revealed the winners of 20… ✔ Runner-up - TUI TUI is the world's largest charter airline, flying from 21 airports in the UK during the summer and seven airports in the winter, with more than 70 destinations worldwide to choose from ✔ In fact, the company is well-known for offering some of the best-value city break trips on their website, with a deal recently that included 7 nights at a 4* hotel and Business Class flights to Majorca for just 338pp



There's A Bus That Takes You Directly From LA to SF, So We Obviously Tried It

9/21/2018, 7:56:50 PM
Could a bus truly be better than flying? ✔ It offers personal sleeping pods, free amenities, and – best of all no time wasted at the airport! Brent and Tiffany recently traveled from LA to San Francisco to shoot some videos, so they decided to forgo the 90 minute flight and try Cabin instead! View this video on YouTube They left Santa Monica at around 11 p.m. and arrived in San Francisco the next morning at 7 a.m. Here's everything you need to know about the Cabin experience ✔ Tap to play GIF It was, um, very healthy tasting ✔ And Tiffany tried to stick to her usual bedtime routine ✔ The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



Venice may fine tourists $580 for sitting

9/21/2018, 4:55:19 PM
Italian city's mayor proposes steep fines as part of latest measures to tackle woes of over tourism. ✔ Avoid overcrowding: Cristiano Fortuna, general manager of L'Orologio Hotel on the Grand Canal, says a more effective way to control tourism is to encourage visitors to come on weekdays instead of just the weekends when overcrowding is particularly bad



27 Pieces Of Advice You Wish You Had Known Before Turning 30

9/21/2018, 4:44:33 PM
And even if you've already 30, they still work. ✔ Later, you're going to prefer Netflix and sleeping to that book.. ✔ If you're going to compete, compete against yourself ✔ An iPhone will break, get stolen, or stop working in two years ✔ The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



12 Little Details In "The Truman Show" That Deserve A Round Of Applause

9/21/2018, 4:44:28 PM
So many hidden cameras. ✔ The large black diamond on Truman's ring is a camera ✔ When Truman turns away, Marlon removes some candy bars, before restocking them while continuing the conversation ✔ In one scene, a street cleaner can be seen pretending to pick up trash and put it in his bag



Review | Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated ‘A Star is Born’ is here — and it is lavishly delightful

9/21/2018, 6:24:39 PM
Cooper, who directed the film, delivers one of the finest performances of his career. ✔ Part of the fun of A Star is Born is watching Ally, who lives with her starstruck dad (Andrew Dice Clay), pretend to be immune to the seductions Jackson has to offer, which are sexual but also aspirational ✔ Contains coarse language throughout, some sexuality, nudity and substance abuse



Introducing London's newest fine-dining experience – aboard a double-decker bus

9/21/2018, 4:12:20 PM
undefined ✔ Next came a delicate lemon sole fish and chips revisited so light, and full of flavour, I demanded Attila go downstairs and ask the chef how it was prepared ✔ Four-course lunch tours (1hr 45mins) will cost £65 or £85 with wines - dates to be confirmed ✔ The bus picks up and drops off at coach bay 40B at Victoria Embankment



Bali To Tourists: Please Stop Posing Disrespectfully At Our Hindu Temples

9/21/2018, 7:13:36 PM
Officials from the Indonesian island are seeking to curtail rude behavior near ancient sacred sites. ✔ Balinese netizens tracked him down, and he later issued an apology, according to Coconuts Bali ✔ This is the government’s attempt to maintain the Pura [temples], he said ✔ The temples need to be preserved since they are the spirits of Bali’s cultures and customs



David Beckham visits The Great Wall of China for the first time

9/21/2018, 5:20:14 PM
The former Manchester United ace, 43, was back to the grind as he visited The Great Wall of China during a work trip in Beijing on Friday. ✔ I feel so lucky that my work allows me to travel and to see beautiful places like this.. ✔ In a major fashion week shake-up, the British style star opted to bring her usual catwalk show across the Atlantic to the UK for the first time, swapping NYFW for LFW



Maniac review: A slow ride into Netflix’s trippy new series with Emma Stone and Jonah Hill

9/21/2018, 4:08:40 PM
MANIAC was released on Netflix earlier today. Here’s our review of episode 1 of the new series starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone. ✔ While later episodes of the Netflix show shift the tone through weird episode-long dream sequences, the opening instalment takes time to establish the world of the 10 episodes ✔ One of these is Ad Buddies, a play on YouTube ads whereby you can get things like travel free in life, but you have to spend a certain amount of time having a real person read brochures to you ✔ Maniac is available to stream on Netflix now



Carol Vorderman, 57, joins Myleene Klass, 40, at glitzy RAF event

9/21/2018, 6:15:25 PM
Carol Vorderman, 57, joined forces with Myleene Klass, 40, at the consecration parade for 617 Squadron's new standard at RAF Marham, in Norfolk on Friday. ✔ She shared with her fans: 'Love this woman @realcarolv ✔ My fifties have been the best decade of my life!' Snapping away! The star looked excited as she took a series of photographs throughout the day Busy day! The television presenter posed with military personnel after the consecration parade for 617 Squadron's new standard Hands on! Myleene took time to chat to veteran paratrooper Jeffrey Long, 86, after the consecration parade for 617 Squadron's new standard at RAF Marham in Norfolk



From local bottles to screw caps, a decade of wine trends

9/21/2018, 6:28:15 PM
A columnist marks a decade of coverage. ✔ Sommelier Ryan Ibsen pours wine at Bestia restaurant in Los Angeles in 2015 ✔ It was about minerality, a buzzword favored among the vinoscenti, controversial and misunderstood, touching upon the conflict between the intellectual rigors of science and the romanticism of wine ✔ And I wrote about the heartbreak of an Ohio vintner who saw his wines devastated by the polar vortex of 2014 and faced the hard task of revitalizing his vineyard



Paris museum features Paul Robeson, America's first black movie star

9/21/2018, 4:54:23 PM
Paris’s Quai Branly Museum is dedicating an exhibit to US entertainer Paul Robeson, Hollywood’s first black star. Long blacklisted for his Communist sympathies, Robeson was finally redeemed shortly before failing health forced his retirement. ✔ It is a tragedy of racial conflict, a tragedy of honour rather than jealousy ✔ Paul Robeson as Othello at the Shubert Theatre, New York, in September 1943 ✔ The recording of the event was lost in the web of Stalin-era censorship ✔ This article has been translated from the original in French



San Francisco museum shows off modern Muslim women's fashion

9/21/2018, 4:07:58 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women's dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye. ✔ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women's dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye ✔ Designers featured hail from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Malaysia, Singapore, Iran and other countries



22 Unbelievably Effective Cleaning Products That'll Make You A Customer For Life

9/21/2018, 6:18:26 PM
Once you see the results other customers had, you'll be forever sold. ✔ I have to say I was almost shocked at how well this worked ✔ Check out BuzzFeed Reviews to find the best things for every budget! The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



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