内容摘要：Ross said food tourism was a global phenomenon, referring to Iceland's famous ice cream tours, known as ísbíltúr.

Ross said food tourism was a global phenomenon, referring to Iceland's famous ice cream tours, known as ísbíltúr.

For places like Unicorn Theatre in Abingdon and the Kenton Theatre in Henley-on-Thames, this was made far harder by the high running costs of their old buildings."We had to pretty much shut down for over a year, and you've got to pay all the costs of running the building," said Greg Bensberg, chair of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust, which houses the Unicorn.

"We staggered on through there but Covid was really bad."Lottie Pheasant, theatre manager at the Kenton, said the pandemic had nearly brought the venue to its knees."Two years ago, we were close to having to close," she said. "That year, we filed a nearly £190,000 loss."

The Kenton was saved by a £100,000 loan from Henley Town Council."It gave us the breathing space to reset things," Miss Pheasant said.

"We're in a much better position now. We've managed to reduce our losses down to £30,000 in a year, which is incredible.

"We're really hoping by the end of August this year to be nearly at break-even point."She has lived there since birth, midway between the Crimean peninsula and the regional capital Zaporizhzhia.

In recent months she has noticed a ramping up of not only a strict policy of "Russification" in the city, but of an increased militarisation of all spheres of life, including in schools.She has shared pictures of a billboard promoting conscription to young locals, a school notebook with Putin's portrait on it, and photos and a video of pupils wearing Russian military uniforms instead of the school outfits - boys and girls - and performing military education tasks.

Some 200km (125 miles) along the coast of the sea of Azov, and much closer to the Russian border, the city of Mariupol feels as if it has been "cut off" from the outside world, according to Pavlo.This key port and hub of Ukraine's steel industry was captured after a devastating siege and bombardment that lasted almost three months in 2022.