It’s a frosty December evening at Pickering Wharf in Salem, Massachusetts, and I’m huddled with a bunch of dressed-up demons clad in heaped fur and horned hats outside Salem Ink tattoo parlour. “Our gathering tonight is a mixture of traditionalists tapping into our ancestral heritage, and folklorists, people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder and the local alternative scene,” Sarah …
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. La Tomatina, Spain open image in gallery La Tomatina will take place on 28 August 2024 One of Spain’s oddest …
