From A to Z: Achilles to Zelensky
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8M ago
In this Letter from Europe we report from an island in the Black Sea that over the last 200 years has been variously controlled by the Ottomans, Romania, the Soviet Union and Ukraine. It is the place where the Greek hero Achilles allegedly dwelt ..read more
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Two decades of thinking about Europe
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9M ago
As we reflect on two decades of researching and writing about unsung communities across Europe, we realize that we had a lot to learn about how to travel. It took courage in the early days of to escape the tyranny of too much ..read more
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The first mountain hut
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9M ago
The appreciation of mountains in the European imagination changed dramatically in the 18th century. Scenes which at the start of that century still invoked terror were within a hundred years reconfigured as awesome landscapes, now celebrated for ..read more
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From Nero to the Habsburgs: the Corinth Canal
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1y ago
The isthmus at Corinth is one of the most celebrated isthmuses of the classical world. It connects the Greek mainland with the huge ragged-edged peninsula known as the Peloponnese. The Ancients portaged their small boats over the narrow neck of the ..read more
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Words Matter – hidden europe 66
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2y ago
Here's a look at the latest issue of magazine, published earlier this month. We roam from the Azores to the Balkans, from Iceland to southern France. In between we celebrate 50 years of Interrail and reflect on the metrics to ..read more
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From Burmese pythons to Christmas gifts
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2y ago
We don’t know about you, but for us these long months of the pandemic have been salvaged by flights of fancy. Burmese pythons apart, places have especially fuelled our ..read more
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From Bilbao to Murmansk: A Tale of One Princess
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2y ago
Large ferries often go through multiple incarnations and we developed a sort of vicarious attachment to the , a vessel which we saw in Bilbao in 2008, and which is now based near Murmansk where she has become part of the ..read more
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Terminus - a 1961 documentary
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2y ago
The film director John Schlesinger was largely unknown when in 1960 he was persuaded by Edgar Anstey to make a documentary for British Transport Films (BTF). went on general release in 1961 and provoked a very positive response ..read more
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Reach for the planets
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2y ago
Five or six decades ago, Romania had a sense of building the future and many citizens were eager to dance the night away in Venus or just lie on the beach at Saturn. We recall the voucher tourism of yesteryear - an era when sun, sea and socialism ..read more
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Slavutych and the nuclear industry
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2y ago
The Ukrainian city of Slavutych is a striking surviving example of a planned Soviet city underpinned by utopian principles – and even if the latter were sometimes diluted by pragmatism, there is a palpable sense of a well-designed and carefully ..read more
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