Places
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THE MUSEUM OF HEARTBREAK
Authors on Museums: they could easily have been depressing, but Aminatta Forna, author of "The Memory of Love", discovers in Zagreb that the mementoes of the lovelorn are intriguing read more »
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ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO'S SEVEN WONDERS
The African-born musician talks about the places that mean the most to her read more »
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STUMBLING OVER THE PAST
In Berlin, more and more victims of the Nazis are being remembered with Stolpersteine—brass plates, embedded in concrete, in the streets where they lived. Andreas Kluth traces the stories behind the stones read more »
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HIGHLAND BUSES, DESERT SANDS
The Turkish novelist Elif Shafak chooses seven wonders—from Scotland to Arizona read more »
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VERTIGO IN REVERSE
A walk on the wild side: as Robert Macfarlane puts his feet up, another acclaimed author picks up our walking stick. William Fiennes sets off into the deepest canyon in Europe read more »
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CHOCOLATE AND SLAVERY
Once the world’s leading cacao producer, the tiny nation of São Tomé and Príncipe seems to have fallen off the map. Samantha Weinberg, entranced, went twice in a year—and unearthed a dark history read more »
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WHEN IN...COPENHAGEN
Going native: don’t think it’s all about "The Killing". Mette Bom, writer and blogger, on biking, bakeries and obeying the law read more »
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