we ask if the city's famous nightlife, which went quiet during the pandemic, has finally come roaring back. we sent kimberly davis to find out. it's easily one of the most electrifying places in the world. new york. renowned for its 24/7 lifestyle. today's party scene has legendary roots. hang—outs like studio 5a and cbgb's were known for ground—breaking music, celebrities, but also a sense of freedom and escape. but covid changed everything, and in march of 2020, djs had to stop the music. but now that people are returning, is the city what it used to be?

i'm here to see what 2a hours in the big apple looks like today. and as a native new yorker, i know a thing or two about nightlife in this city. now any good night out starts with food, and where better to fill up than at one of manhattan's most iconic delis? it is so busy here. i have to figure out what i want really quick, because if you don't know what you want, you're going to get shoved out of the way and people are going tojump in right ahead of you. the first thing i'd recommend is, they give you a ticket, and the ticket gets you in. where is your ticket? i don't have one. i walked in without getting one. hello. you use it to pay and to walk out. can i please get a pastrami sandwich? delis and diners are part of the fabric of the city, catering to hunger pangs at all hours. here's your pastrami. oh, my gosh!

enjoy. this is gigantic! nothing. i love it. "it's nothing. nothing." listen, food and nightlife go hand in hand, right? right. we struggled a little bit during the pandemic, as did everyone in the world, literally. and we got lucky. customers still supported us. our regulars took care of us. and that's what it means to be in business for 135 years and five generations. but not all have been lucky. many restaurants closed permanently. the numbers employed in the restaurant scene have shrunk by 35,000 since the pandemic. and for those that survived, it's been a challenge. bars in the neighbourhood were going through similar sets of questions. and so we didn't start 24 hours right away, because they also weren't staying open till 4am like they used to, but kind of hand in hand lockstep, the bar scene, the nightlife scene, food scene, all coming back with a real vengeance. mm.

what do you think? it's good, right? she mumbles. now that i'm fed, i've definitely got the energy to take me through the night. time to hit my first bar. hi, anne! it's great to see you. nice to meet you. wow, look at this view! welcome to new york. oh, my gosh. this is someone who knows the bar scene inside and out. she's got the job of getting the city's nightlife back on track. prior to the pandemic, new york city nightlife represented $35 billion in economic impact for the city. overall, new york city's creative community generates close to $150 billion, and almost half a million jobs. but more than anything, it's important that new york city come back, so that we can be the city that everyone knows us to be. what is new york city like now, post—pandemic? 56.1; million tourists

cannot be wrong. we are awake. and whilst visitor numbers aren't yet hitting pre—pandemic levels of 66 million, anne's optimistic they'll come close by the end of this year. cheers. taxi! and away we go. i'm heading over the bridge to a part of brooklyn that used to be a no—go area, but is now a vibrant hot spot for nightclubs in the city. well, hello. hello. hi, i'm kim. hi, kim. i'm madame vivien v. so nice to meet you. you can call me viv. everybody does. 0k, viv. sounds good. can you tell me, where are we? yes, we are in bushwick. we are in brooklyn, new york, and this area in particular has gone through quite a renaissance. and this area has become home to the most illustrious clubs in the world. like where? like the house of yes. oh, my god, i've heard of this place.

do you think you could get me in? oh, my god, i would love to take you there. oh, my god, i'm so excited, that would be great. let's go! let's go. yes. who are you? you're new! i'm kim, nice to meet you. 0h, hi, kim, nice to meet you. pixel. tell me a little bit more about your act tonight. i've been here for seven years, since 2013. wow! i moved here with a high heeland a dream. do you guys think that new york is back? 0h, new york city is back in full force, mama, kicking and screaming. people are aware that these live events could go away. so they treasure the experiences, and they're much more present for the experiences. yes.

it feels so good to be in new york city, where nightlife is just thriving, isn't it? cheering and applause. even though i moved away from new york, i still get a buzz when i come back home. you just can't beat new york city. thank you so much. this was such an amazing night. i'm so grateful that you liked it. both: mwah! mwah! about an hour's flight south of cairo, hugging the banks of the river nile, lies the city of luxor. it used to be called thebes, and was the capital of ancient egypt. among luxor�*s best—known treasures is the burial chamber of the boy king tutankhamun. last year was the centenary of its discovery in 1922, and we were here to cover it

for the travel show. incredible. absolutely astonishing. but we noticed that inside the tomb, the pharaoh's remains were every bit as popular as the beautifully restored chamber itself. and we wondered why. it was so amazing, as you walk in, to see it, and to be able to actually see the body of someone who ruled so long ago. some people say it's intrusive. they're probably right, you know. i mean, a dead body should be in rest, not for people to see it, but at the same time, i mean, this person used to be a king. so it's fascinating to other people to be able to see, you know, his body. but it's notjust here. many mummies removed from the country by colonial powers still remain on public display around the world, and for some, that's unacceptable. they are presented. they are displayed as objects.

they are artefacts. they are not humans. they lose their humanity once they are on display in the museum. it's not only disrespectful for the ancient egyptians, but it doesn't recognise the wishes of the dead. so this is the pitt rivers museum, and the pitt rivers museum was founded in 1881. up untiljuly 2020, we would have a display which was called treatment of dead enemies, and that would be full of sort of human remains of different communities in the world. so in 2020 we took the human remains off display, after quite an elaborate process of doing an ethical review of the whole museum. the museum has always received quite a bit of critique, both from academics, but especially from indigenous people. we were sort of seen as one of the most violent spaces in oxford. but if we can do this much more thoughtfully, if we can do it together with communities, then there might be some really exciting possibilities. in london, the british museum has one of the earliest

egyptian mummies. it's a long—standing and popular exhibit. so i'm taking you to show you the mummified remains of gebelein man. he's one of our pre—dynastic mummies... ..which means he was naturally preserved by the aridity and heat of the desert. there's a lot of interest in our mummified collection. actually, all human remains provide a unique perspective, and often you see family groups gathering around the mummified remains of a person and discussing topics which can be challenging — topics such as death, such as what the afterlife may represent to different cultures. the ct scan here allows the public to engage with some of our findings, see here, there's what appears to be a cut, and by virtually peeling what appears to have happened is that gebelein man was stabbed in the back. and this probably is

the cause of death. there was very little information about gebelein man as a person. i think the most important feedback we got is that the great majority of the visitors better understood him as a person, we hope. and i think this was key for us. in recent years, ct scans and x—rays like these have allowed us to peer through thousands of years of history, with minimal disturbance to the remains. hello. a little bit of rain around this evening and it remains very windy in parts of scotland. that will continue through this evening and overnight. how about tomorrow? well, across the majority of the uk, it's actually going to be a pretty decent day. bright or sunny spells, even sunshine, clear blue skies for one or two. so let's have a look at the satellite picture — a conveyor belt of clouds streaming off the atlantic, this jet stream pushing weather systems in our direction. 0ne weather system has already swept through. in fact, not much rain on it at all. this is the weather front, the cold front, that will reach the south coast by the early hours of monday morning. in its wake, strong

north—westerly winds. it remains very blustery there in scotland, with showers at times, but for the bulk of the country, by the end of the night, it's actually clear. the temperatures will range from a chilly 3 degrees in stornoway to 7 degrees around cornwall. so the forecast tomorrow, initially very windy in the north—east of scotland. those winds will ease and then we're left with that fine day. temperatures averaging around about 9 degrees, i think, for most of us. in the north—west, however, it will cloud over in advance of this next weather front which will sweep across the country. and then tuesday actually is going to be a very windy day from northern england northwards. widespread gales expected across scotland, too, frequent showers. the showers could be wintry, particularly across the hills as well, so really very blustery in the north. in the south, we're closer to high pressure. the winds will be lighter. it'll feel much better, more sunshine around. but on those gales, so here's that low pressure coming to the north there, and gusts of wind in the north of scotland. up to 80 miles an hour

possible tuesday night, 60 miles an hour widely across scotland, and that includes glasgow and edinburgh, so take care tuesday evening and night. wednesday, high pressure starts to build in from the south. but actually, in the wake of that nasty area of low pressure, cloud spreads in off the atlantic in this next weather front, so there's likely to be some rain. i think overall, quite a cloudy day for many of us on wednesday, maybe not necessarily in the south or the south—east. let's have a look at the summary for the week, then. and you can see temperatures a little above the average in the south of the country and up to double figures in the north as well. and it's a generally dry week. bye— bye.

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