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In search of wildlife in Banff National Park

By Nick Curtis, Monday, September 12, 2011

Bears, elk, bison, even cougars. The list of wildlife I was told I might see in the rugged Canadian province of Alberta sounded, to a dedicated Londoner, wildly exciting

Tags: Canada, Calgary, sports-and-adventure

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London: Fight for Peace

By Joanna Hunter, Monday, March 7, 2011

This is the unfashionable part of East London, a world away from skinny jeans of Shoreditch or the expensively illuminated monuments to finance that I have to pass to get here

Tags: Comic-Relief, Flying-Start, UK, London, Brazil, Rio,

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Across India on a bike: the road to Kolkata

By Simon Gandolfi, Monday, July 12, 2010

We drove into Madurai 40 years ago on the eve of the Teppam Festival, when Shiva and his triple-breasted consort are paraded from the temple to the Mariamman Teppakkulam lake

Tags: Simon-Gandolfi, India

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Across India on a bike: from Goa to Kanniyakumari

By Simon Gandolfi, Friday, May 14, 2010

I celebrated my 37th birthday in 1970 on Calangute Beach, Goa. Now I speed south to celebrate my 77th

Tags: India, Simon-Gandolfi, motorcyle-riders

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Across India on a bike: from Bundi to Dhariawad

By Simon Gandolfi, Friday, March 26, 2010

My route is a minor road through dark emerald wheat fields and small villages

Tags: India, Simon-Gandolfi, motorbikes

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The Movie Colony Hotel, designed by the Modernist Architect, Albert Frey in 1935

The eternal fabulousness of Palm Springs

By Sara Lawrence, Monday, March 15, 2010

I have never wanted anything quite so badly in my life as I now want a holiday home in Palm Springs

Tags: Palm-Springs, California, USA, actors

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Angela Hartnett with chef Margot Janse

In South Africa with Angela Hartnett

By Fiona Sims, Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Day four of our eight-day food and wine trip and our stomachs are beginning to groan

Tags: South-Africa, food-and-drink, Angela-Hartnett, chefs

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The Matterhorn mountain towers over the Swiss village of Zermatt

Chalet Zen: the ultimate alpine retreat

By Sara Lawrence, Friday, February 12, 2010

If I was Brad Pitt then I too would choose the Swiss ski resort of Zermatt as the best place to hit the slopes and escape the paparazzi

Tags: Chalet, Skiing, Switzerland, Zermatt

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Across India on a bike: from Agra to Rajasthan

By Simon Gandolfi, Monday, February 8, 2010

What's more weird - a septuagenarian riding round India on a motorcycle or Agentinians on a tandem?

Tags: India, Simon-Gandolfi, motorcycle-riders

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Mark Shand and Tara the elephant

The Elephant Family

By Mark Shand, Thursday, January 28, 2010

It’s not as if I had a lifelong interest in elephants. It was only when my grandmother died, and I was going through all her papers, that something sparked my interest

Tags: India, animals, eco

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