A road marathon can be a tough challenge and a novel way to experience a city, but if you want to take on something truly epic, something that takes you out into the wilds, far beyond your perceived limits of existence, then try one of these 10 ultra running races instead.

Glamour, glitz, theater, comedy, body positivity, freedom of expression and striptease – what’s not to love? The art of burlesque first came onto the scene in the mid-nineteenth century, and though its popularity somewhat cooled in the early 1900s, it’s now having a big moment of revival.

When you think you've seen and done it all and things just can’t get any better, what are you supposed to do? You do 'it' (whatever 'it' might be) in the nude. More and more people, it seems, are stripping off and enjoying life au naturel. Turn on the TV and you'll find people trying to survive naked in the middle of jungles, looking for their perfect partner by dating in the nude or simply protesting some cause or other by taking it all off and letting it all hang out. A growing number of people (yes, even some you probably know) have at some point shed their clothes on vacation.