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Exploring Scotland’s historic whisky trail

By Celia Shatzman

Created in the early 1980s, the only malt whisky trail in the world includes seven working distilleries and a cooperage, nestled among the rolling green hills of Speyside.
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Tidal sounds on the River Tyne

By Lonely Planet Magazine

Newcastle’s musical pedigree has been bolstered recently with the arrival of ~Flow – a floating watermill that uses the tides on the River Tyne to create music.
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Where to buy lingerie in Paris

By Kim Laidlaw Adrey

From accessible high street designs to luxurious made-to-measure couture pieces, the French capital is the place to purchase chic and feminine underwear in a classic Gallic style.
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Hidden Rome

By Abigail Blasi, Lonely Planet

Discover the secret corners and local haunts of Italy’s glamorous capital that only the savviest of Romans know.
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Colombia’s prison turned paradise

By Brad Cohen

Isla Gorgona, a wildlife-filled national park where humpback whales gather to mate, was once an inescapable jungle prison for Colombia’s most violent criminals.
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Travelwise: Birth and spread of the world’s national parks

By Suemedha Sood

How an American painter, US senator, a group of scientists and a naturalist started a movement that has never ended.
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