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Eye of the storm
For all its warlike past, the Sinai peninsula is a quiet success story in a troubled region
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Cancel Edinburgh!
Three weeks in a hot caravan telling Mandela stories to strangers is a holiday of sorts. Read about Shazia's week
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Second Life teleporting
How (and if) we might be able to travel freely between virtual worlds is already the source of some speculation which may now be made real before we anticipated
Hanging with Umbanda
Things that bump and grind in the night. Tom Quinn travels to Portugal to gain first hand experience of the voodoo-esque religion of Umbanda which has its roots in Brazil, Africa and Catholicism
The real Mrs Pankhurst
Author Frances Pugh marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette who along with her daughters, did so much to further the cause of votes for women
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Does harbouring a secret longing for an inept successor, possibly unpleasant, maybe even scarily unattractive, make me a terrible person?
In Society
No faith in government
You must be careful about saying you have no faith. Britain is now a "multi-faith" society
In Asia
Beauty at a price
Concrete hotels, go-go bars and drug tourism have scarred Thailand, Laos and Cambodia - yet it is not too late to develop a less destructive travel industry
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Life at Findhorn
A fortnightly insight into life inside one of Britain's best known eco-villages – Findhorn – by resident Jonathan Dawson.
