British actor, writer and adventurer Michael Palin donated his personal archives to the British Library (96 Euston Rd., London, England; phone +44 1937 546 546, www.bl.uk) in 2017, and on Aug. 7 of this year they went on display in the Sir John Ritblat: Treasures Gallery. The archives include diaries, photos and scripts plus more than 50 notebooks of Monty Python material, including unfilmed skits.

The gallery also exhibits a Gutenberg Bible, a copy of the Magna Carta, a da Vinci...

During the “Badu Gili” light show, First Nations (Aboriginal) art is projected onto the eastern, Bennelong sail of the Sydney Opera House each night, year-round, at sunset and again at 7 p.m winter-spring or 9 p.m. summer-fall. (In the Southern Hemisphere, winter is June-September.)

The show, which lasts about seven minutes, was introduced in July 2017, and the programmed art was completely revised for the first time on July 24, 2018.

Guests of lodges and camps in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania, are eligible to take hot-air balloon rides, introduced in June by Serengeti Balloon Safaris (Arusha, Tanzania; phone +255 27 254 8967, www.balloonsafaris.com).

Balloon safaris lasting roughly two hours are offered each day, June 20 to Oct. 31, with a 6:15 a.m. launch. The price of $575 per person includes transfers from/to your lodge or camp (pickup at 5), a bush breakfast and VAT. Anyone weighing 265 pounds or more will be...