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Confessions of a farmer’s daughter
I’m a farmer’s daughter: I got the agricultural relief that says I am. And you may think otherwise, but I never feel more ...
How a new 1,000km hiking trail is helping Japan move on from the tsunami
Built as part of the recovery effort, the Michinoku Trail is driving the discovery of a long-overlooked region ...
The Great Mughals at the V&A — art, opulence and military power
Jahangir is one of the three Mughal rulers in focus at the V&A’s The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence, which showcases this golden age of craftsmanship and artistry with a parade of ...
The shoes that say: ‘My staggeringly expensive yacht is outside’
Entrepreneur and socialite Charles Finch has launched a footwear brand aimed at the super-rich but hands-on sailor ...
Israel fights Hizbollah at Lebanese crusader castle as forces push north
Fierce clashes in Chamaa injured four UN peacekeepers on Friday in one of Israel’s deepest advances into the country so far ...
What the ‘manopause’ tells us about the gender gap
The presenter and menopause campaigner Mariella Frostrup has decried “a land grab, a ludicrous and blatant appropriation of women’s midlife health problems” — pointing out the urgent issue is that ...
No mojitos and no lights: Cuba’s tourism industry fights losing battle
Tourism is Cuba’s third-biggest source of scarce foreign exchange, and one of the mainstays of an economy that has been strangled by a US trade embargo in place for more than six decades and a new ...