Downton Doggie’s Italian Cousin
21:20 10/05/2016
Over the past couple of weeks in Italy I’ve visited several noble and aristocratic manor houses. As I connected with the fine families maintaining their...
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High in the Himalayas, a Tiny, Shiny Black Leech Sucked My Blood
19:08 25/03/2016
Just minding my own business in a Nepali jungle — high in the Himalayas — I was marveling at how tasty yet ugly a little banana was, even though it...
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General Post Office (GPO)
11:07 18/01/2016
Well, you can buy stamps at Dublin’s General Post Office (universally known as the GPO), but this landmark is better known for the more bloodthirsty fact that it was here, in Easter 1916, that...
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Tower of London
12:16 11/01/2016
The Tower of London has hosted feast and folly for centuries. Founded by William the Conqueror in 1066, every tower has its own (often bloody) history. Lady Jane Grey, Colonel Blood, Henry VIII...
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Basilica Cistern
10:57 11/01/2016
In the deepest, darkest recesses beneath Sultanahmet Square lies an amazing relic rescued from the oceans of time. 7,000 slaves gave their blood, sweat and tears building these subterranean caverns,...
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Colosseum
16:38 30/12/2015
Picture this: you’re witnessing a bloody battle to the death, along with 80,000 screaming Romans. Mercifully, gladiatorial fights are a thing of the past but you’ll definitely be mentally...
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Plaza Mayor
14:29 30/12/2015
The Spanish Inquisition left Plaza Mayor with a bloody history. Once a centre for executions and bullfights, today it’s chic and cosmopolitan. The 400-year-old equestrian statue of King Philip...
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Marathon, Greece and the Ghosts of Ancient Warriors
18:48 28/12/2015
I stand on the deserted beach of Marathon, Greece, a long crescent of stones and sand. Surf spills over the pebbles, spray bursts like a shower of...
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Bad Ischl: Beautiful Spot, Shame About The War
12:27 24/12/2015
In Flanders Fields, the poppies grow but here in this meadow, blood and honeysuckle flows.Arriving in Bad Ischl I arrived in Bad Ischl hot and euphoric....
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The Advantage of Being Alone
12:27 24/12/2015
Looking Back: Memoirs of a Solo Bike Trip Right now, the blood zips around my body in a feverish fizz of bewilderment as it battles to rid me of flu....
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