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A boy's own adventure

By Dom Joly, Thursday, November 1, 2007

Hergé's hero Tintin is enjoying a renaissance. Comedian Dom Joly pays homage to the quiffed one

Tags: cartoons, literature

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On The Road

Carla Bruni

By Carla Bruni, Tuesday, April 1, 2008

France's feted first lady reminisces about her childhood castle and yacht-hopping in Cannes

Tags: literature, pop-stars, celebrities, politics, music

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Destinations

Cyprus: Aphrodite's island

By Rachel Howard, Friday, May 1, 2009

Meet lovers and locals on a surprising journey through this legendary island

Tags: history, literature, islands, unesco-world-heritage-sites

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On The Road

Helen McCrory

By Helen McCrory, Monday, September 1, 2008

The Harry Potter actress loved growing up in Africa and Paris, and finds London a friendly place

Tags: wildlife, safari, literature, opera, architecture, art, music

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Hotels & Spas

Honeymoon hotels

By Claire Wrathall, Wednesday, August 1, 2007

For the ideal honeymoon, you need a hotel you never want to leave. We pick the 12 most romantic in the world

Tags: architecture, history, boats, literature, victorians

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John Simpson

Letter from Mumbai

By John Simpson, Saturday, March 1, 2008

A grand railway station, medieval structures and warty fruit – John Simpson marvels at Mumbai

Tags: markets, architecture, colonial, literature

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Letter from New Guinea

By John Simpson, Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Fact and fiction combine in a rather exotic tale

Tags: hotel, photography, tribes, language, jungles, literature, cities

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Destinations

Many happy returns

By Jonathan Dimbleby, Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Sandy sandwiches, cramped car journeys and home-made bikinis: four authors take a nostalgic trip back to their childhood holidays

Tags: holidays, families, literature, beaches, hotels, quintessentially-British

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UK

My little corner of Britain

By Alexander McCall Smith, Barbara Trapido, Lucy Cavendish, Robert Macfarlane , Sunday, March 1, 2009

Writers Alexander McCall Smith, Lucy Cavendish and more wax lyrical about their favourite spots in our fair isle

Tags: literature, writers, cities, mountains, horses, nature, countryside, Scotland,, quintessentially-British

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