Places
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THE MYSTERIES OF ANCIENT ART
The Kimberley region of Australia is vast, remote, barely inhabited and strewn with ancient art. Jo Lennan takes a tour with a local elder to work out what it tells us about our distant past ... read more »
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BEING THERE: MANCHESTER
The cotton mills are now smart flats and the money is in football, but the air of protest lives on. As the BBC ships 2,300 staff there and the biennial festival looms, Tanya Aldred sketches real life in a city of character ... read more »
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WE ARE AMUSED
With this wedding, the public's relationship with the royals has changed. Tim de Lisle explains why most of the coverage misses the point ... read more »
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FROM BEIJING TO HONG KONG
As a young journalist, Anthony Gardner memorably travelled by train from Beijing to Hong Kong; he returns 25 years later to see what has changed ... read more »
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GIRL STORIES
Literacy rates in sub-Saharan Africa are low, particularly among women. Some new initiatives are trying to change this ... read more »
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FUTURE CITY OF MUSIC
Berlin is emerging as a hub for music technology companies trying to dramatically change the way we make and listen to music ... read more »
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VISITOR'S BOOKS
What could be more satisfying than a hotel with its own library? Claire Wrathall catalogues five ... read more »
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