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In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, the mysterious origins of the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, plus four lifetime friends recreate the photo they took on a UK beach more than 50 years earlier.
East Anglia was selected by Lonely Planet as one of its top places to visit in 2025 and now there’s another reason to visit this underexplored English region just three hours from London.
After a five-year-long, $37 million makeover, Norwich Castle Keep has reopened with all five floors open to the public for the first time.
The 12th-century castle was commissioned by William the Conqueror, and more than 900 Norman artifacts have been loaned by the British Museum to create its first medieval gallery outside of the UK capital.
