Travel Special
WORLD
The Quiet Peninsula: Nicholas Shakespeare on Tasmania
Nicholas Shakespeare
Joan Masterman’s matchless four-day walk, the Freycinet Experience, turns 20 this year. For her traditional end-of-season party, she has...
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WORLD
To Timbuktu and Back: Rodney Hall on Mali
Rodney Hall
The greatest ancient library in the world is being unearthed and reassembled at Timbuktu – an astonishing archeological discovery – so I...
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CULTURE
Wanted for Loitering: Janette Turner Hospital on Central Park, New York
Janette Turner ...
From the NASA space shuttle, Central Park is visible to the naked eye as a bright emerald bar on the fat knuckle of Manhattan – index...
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WORLD
Letter to a Bulgarian Friend
Alex Miller
Dear Boris, You tell me you are living in Chirpan again, the town where you were born. That you have returned there after 35 years away. I...
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WORLD
Holiday on Ice: Linda Jaivin on Harbin, China
Linda Jaivin
“Five bus tickets, one turkey and one lamb, please.” My friend then turns to the rest of us: “Karmically speaking, we’re going to hell.”...
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WORLD
In the Fjords: Drusilla Modjeska on Tufi, Papua New Guinea
Drusilla Modjeska
Back from Tufi for less than a month, I find myself thinking I should cancel this article, keep the place a secret and let those who think...
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SOCIETY
Tide of Improvement: Robyn Davidson on Health Retreats
Robyn Davidson
Sometimes fortune gifts you things you did not know you needed. Tyringham Clinic was one of those. Out in the luminous green, motorway-...
More ...The Sound of Silence: Craig Sherborne on Hiking the Milford Track, New Zealand
Craig Sherborne
Bliss can never happen of its own accord. When it has been years-long away it needs some outside intervention. Narcotic versions were never...
More ...Beastly Travels: Sonya Hartnett on Animal-Watching Abroad
Sonya Hartnett
I was 21 when I first went to London, and impoverished, as a travelling kid usually is. Soon enough I would be afflicted by that fragile...
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