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PLUMBING THE DEPTHS
A walk on the wild side: beneath the Peak District in Derbyshire lies a web of caves and streams. Robert Macfarlane plucks up his courage and takes the plunge read more »
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SEAMUS HEANEY'S SEVEN WONDERS
The poet's choice of favourite places shows a fondness for the classical and the monumental read more »
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THE MISSISSIPPI MEANDER
Cartophilia: a ghostly map takes Samantha Weinberg to the river, and shows her where it no longer flows read more »
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WHEN IN...ISTANBUL
Going native: beware of the shoeshine shysters. Alev Scott shows how to make the most of the mosques and the mayhem read more »
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INSIDE THE FORTRESS OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE
Britain's National Theatre is on a roll. This week it announced that from March it will have four productions running in the West End. Four years ago, Robert Butler spent a month at this vibrant institution and saw it getting bigger, busier and happier read more »
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DARWIN
The Galápagos gave Darwin a free rein and ample inspiration. Now, Rebecca Willis finds, they are tightly policed—and make you think about the destruction of species... read more »
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GOING SOUTERRAIN
Our Top 12 of 2012. No. 9: Underneath Paris is a parallel universe of tunnels, caverns, bones—and party venues. Will Hunt spends a few days and nights down there with a band of urban explorers… read more »
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