Marseille is a thoroughly ambiguous place. France’s second city and its major sea-port, its impact on the national imagination is unparalleled. Yet it is also a frontier city, arguably capital of the Mediterranean, and with a traditionally suspect allegiance...
Egyptian Places: An Illustrated Travelogue, presents an architect’s account of visits to 12 of Ancient Egypt’s most spectacular sites, a journey that transports the reader from the urban metropolis of Cairo and the Great Pyramid of Giza to the...
Don’t want to embarrass yourself in front of your Italian host family? Don’t want to stick out like a sore thumb in Sicily (or Florence, or Milan, or Venice)? Don’t want to look like an “ugly American” abroad? Don’t...
Sacred tattoos, called ‘sak yant’ in Thailand, have been around Southeast Asia for centuries and afford protection from accident, misfortune, and crime. Young women get tattooed with love charms in order to attract partners, while adolescent men use the...
In the great forested heights of the Himalayas, many species live peacefully … but their lives are changing for ever as humans cut down the trees that they call home. When Pip and her mother realise they are no...
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