Why Does Spain Keep Destroying Its Beautiful Art?

Plus, why Wilmington, Delaware is a city worth visiting. [Subscribe]( [View in browser]( [Image] [Image] The entire world in your inbox. Hello all— I hope you’re doing well, and sending wishes for a lovely Thanksgiving, whatever form it takes. I’m still in Mexico ensconced by the sea, missing one of my favorite holiday traditions for the first time I can remember. This week [our lead feature]( is from Benjamin Kemper. As many of you no doubt saw, a couple of weeks ago yet another work of art in Spain was brutally disfigured in an attempt to “restore” it. In his piece, Kemper tackles the obvious question—why does this keep happening? We also have the second of this month’s It’s Still a Big World feature—[this time from Brandon Withrow about Wilmington, Delaware](. Sure, it’s been in the news because of President-elect Biden, but it turns out there’s a whole lot to see there. On a sadder note, one of the greatest travel writers of the past century died last week. Don’t miss [our tribute]( below, especially since Jan Morris was also a pioneer for trans people. —[William O’Connor](, Travel Editor [Image] [Why Does Spain Keep Destroying Its Beautiful Art?]( [Conservationists are fuming about Palencia’s “Potato Head,” the latest in a spate of Spanish crimes against fine art.]( [Forget Scranton, Wilmington Is the Biden City Worth Visiting]( [Long overlooked on the I-95 corridor, travelers may want to take a closer look.]( [Jan Morris Was a Brilliant Writer. For Me, She Was Also an Inspiration.]( [Jan Morris, who died last week, was a great writer and a pioneering trans woman whose ground-breaking memoir 'Conundrum' unleashed a cultural shockwave when it was published.]( [One of the World’s Most Stunning Churches Is in Tulsa, Oklahoma]( [Art Deco, Frank Lloyd Wright, a Googie-inspired Evangelical wonderland—Tulsa, Oklahoma is just waiting for architecture lovers to stop by.]( [Our Favorite Headphones Are on Sale for Black Friday]( [feast by firelight]( [The Bose Quiet Comfort Headphones are perfect for traveling, working from home, or just zoning out.]( [BUY ON AMAZON ]( [“For far too long, hot cocktails have been lumped in with dessert drinks and made increasingly sweeter with honey, sugar, cider and even ice cream. But the classic recipes for these steaming concoctions are, in fact, not overly sweet—and quite delicious. So delicious, in fact, that it’s time to give hot cocktails another shot.”]( —Noah Rothbaum on [rescuing this much maligned drink group](. [Just Booked: The Bygone Era of Flying]( Rare is the person these days who thinks of airlines as sexy. Sure, Virgin brought some cool back, and some of the Middle Eastern and East Asian airlines can be luxurious. But the airlines are generally more utilitarian now. That wasn't always the case, and that's why the latest selection for our series on gorgeous travel coffee table books ([Just Booked]() is the updated [Airline Visual Identity: 1945-1975]( by M.C. Huhne. Published by Callisto, the giant book is a spectacular collection of the ways in which airlines portrayed themselves in this glamorous 30-year period when flying, as Huhne writes, was "an extraordinary experience." Check out our previous selections for our series on gorgeous travel-related coffee table books, [Just Booked](. [BUY ON CALLISTO >>]( Please note that if you buy something featured in one of our posts or newsletters, The Daily Beast may collect a share of sales. © Copyright 2020 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 [Privacy Policy]( If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, [click here to view this email in your browser](. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can [safely unsubscribe](.