How did a copy of one of Europe’s most iconic cultural artefacts end up in a Thameside town?
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By The Travel Magazine | David Powell | 6/4/2026 3:49 AM
Explore the River Rhone on MS Thomas Hardy for a luxurious cruise experience through stunning Provence scenery.
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Matthew Lorenzo shares his heartwarming insights after a trip to Vietnam.
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Historic palaces and mansions, old factories and warehouses, abandoned port buildings – all now house high-end stays that allow guests to play sultan beside İstanbul’s Bosphorus Strait.
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Welcome to life in the slow (cycle) lane.
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With the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and, in particular, the Iranian drone…
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By The Travel Magazine | Alex Hoban | 6/3/2026 6:56 AM
The 80s Synth Wizard samples his work-in-progress symphony of recollections.
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By World Travel Magazine | Sheetal Rastogi | 6/3/2026 5:20 AM
The mental map most readers carry of the UAE was last updated somewhere around 2019. Dubai is the whole frame — skyline, retail, brunch, beach club, fireworks. Abu Dhabi sits at the edge of that map as somewhere with a Formula One race and a longer drive. The map is now more than half a […]
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By World Travel Magazine | Vishal Jain | 6/3/2026 2:37 AM
The car park sits empty at nine in the evening, which in June means the heat has not yet broken — heat doesn’t break here, it just shifts position. You walk from the door to the kerb in three seconds and the asphalt’s day-long radiation rises through your shoes. The valet brings the car. The […]
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Dreamsleeps Amanpulo, Pamalican Island, Philippines Reviewed by George Kipouros Photography by Amanpulo & George Kipouros In the local Cuyonon dialect,…
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Before visiting Stockholm, download these essential apps for transport, dining, Wi-Fi security, socialising, charging your phone on the go, and exploring.
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This Missouri city – where Route 66 meets the Mississippi – offers visitors authentic Midwestern flavours with a side of contemporary Americana
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As the inspiration for the floating mountains in the Avatar films, Hunan has entered the imaginations of millions yet is…
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Experience the luxury of slow travel in Malta and Gozo, where you will discover fascinating stories in every corner of…
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Head to ‘America’s most historic square mile’ to understand Philly’s extraordinary role in the American Revolutionary War.
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The region so beloved of poets and hikers is also studded with Neolithic and Bronze Age stone circles built by our ancient forebears. Martin Symington loses himself in legend.
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Initiatives around the world are helping protect reefs hit by climate change and other threats...
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The city that popularised the phrase ‘No taxation without representation’ is steeped in iconic Revolutionary War locations.
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By World Travel Magazine | Ravi Kapur | 5/30/2026 1:25 AM
The booking was done. Six tickets to Denpasar, the same villa in Seminyak we’d taken in 2023 and 2024, a driver named Wayan already WhatsApping me about airport pickup. Neha was on the sofa, phone in hand, doing the thing she does where she scrolls without expression for nine minutes and then announces a position. […]
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“Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium ...” — Steve Rushin, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
Did you know?
You’ve probably come across long, tedious sections of books, plays, or musical works before, but perhaps you didn’t know there was a word for them. The French borrowing longueur has been doing the job for us since the late 18th century. As in English, French longueurs are tedious passages, with longueur itself literally meaning “length.” An early example of longueur used in an English text is from 18th-century writer Horace Walpole, who wrote in a letter, “Boswell’s book is gossiping; ... but there are woeful longueurs, both about his hero and himself.”