Category: Frontiers
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Why less is more on the island of Menorca
As a punishment for its lack of support, General Franco vowed that Menorca would get no funds for tourism. Thanks to the lack of mass market packages, the island has got the last laugh. Leeds-born Colin Guanaria came to the island 21 years ago with his wife Margaret. They liked it so much they decided […]
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Why is this 15th century work of art cracking up?
Museum brings science to the art of restoration
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Find barefoot luxury in colourful and friendly Grenada
“ALL island tours will include five harmonica interludes and palatable humour”. So read the business card of Roger, my driver on the Caribbean island of Grenada. The humour turned out to be more palatable than the harmonica and certainly a lot safer on the road but that did not prevent Roger from giving us a […]
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Trumping up fear: can American voters defy their media agenda?
A look at how the current trend of Islamophobia in the United States has many precedents, and how it is in the interests of politicians to fan the flames of bigotry.
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Landscape hunting in Italy – Part 1
Take an art trail that follows the footsteps of Renaissance masters
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My first impression of Asia
A visual account of a few weeks traveling North India, my travelling debut in Asia. First stop, Delhi.
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Sharm el Sheikh and how Egyptian security came under fire
THE last time that I researched the cost of an all-inclusive holiday on the Red Sea Riviera, it came to around £400 per head. The price included flights, transfers, 7 nights in a 4-5* hotel, breakfast, lunch, dinner and all you can drink, plus almost certainly a belly dancing display. The 5 * hotels at […]
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Should Government revise safety advice on Hurghada and other Red Sea resorts?
UNTIL last year, Egypt’s Red Sea Riviera was by and large considered a safe place to travel. At least that was the general tone of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office guidelines. Advising against all travel to North Sinai and all but essential travel to the south of the peninsula, the FCO has maintained a level […]
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Homes that come with old residents (and bumps in the night)
Conversions of old lunatic buildings may have problems but it does not deter buyers
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Turkish property delights Gulf spenders
Huge capital returns are fuelling a boom in Istanbul