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The high life
9:00am Friday 21st November 2008
Following major investment in its cultural heritage, the Ecuadorian capital Quito is a city reborn. Nick Elvin travels to where the equator meets the sky.
Scotland on a plate
1:30pm Wednesday 29th October 2008
From fishing to foraging, cookery lessons to whisky blending, the Scottish countryside has all the ingredients for the perfect culinary adventure.
A feast for all the senses
1:00pm Thursday 9th October 2008
Ragusa, in Sicily, offers a Mediterranean holiday to savour.
Enjoy Spain the Spanish way
11:00am Wednesday 1st October 2008
Lush greenery, tempting beaches, a long history and mouthwatering cuisine make Cantabria a destination for all seasons.
A return to innocence
10:00am Thursday 28th August 2008
Guernsey and nearby Herm island are untouched by the major fast food and coffee shop chains, and amusement parks and arcades. Instead visitors are free to concentrate on the simple things in life like beaches, rock pools, coastal walks and relaxed cafés.
A cross-border incursion
1:10pm Monday 28th July 2008
The Lower Rhine region, which straddles Germany and the Netherlands, is full of pleasant surprises.
All the flavour of Flanders
8:00am Thursday 17th July 2008
The Belgian coast is a mysterious gem with poise and quiet confidence, as Rebecca Lowe discovers.
Comments (0)Another side of Tenerife
10:00am Tuesday 8th July 2008
Elizabeth Pears visits the largest of the Canary Islands and finds relaxation and pampering, far from the madding crowd.
Austria, without the skis
2:20pm Monday 23rd June 2008
Despite being a popular ski destination, the Austrian state of Vorarlberg doesn't simply close down when summer arrives.
The new centre of Europe
1:00pm Tuesday 27th May 2008
Having swapped the Soviet Union for the European Union, Lithuania can now show off its unique charm.
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Acting talent spit out Pinter classic
DRUNKENNESS seems to be the main driving force behind Harold Pinter’s classic 1974 play No Man’s Land.
Ricky’s ready to be the romantic hero
He may have made the successful transition from Slough to Hollywood, but you won't catch Ricky Gervais losing his head over fame and fortune. As he makes his first lead debut in Ghost Town, the British funnyman reveals why he plans to stay grounded.
The Players’ Choice will be the right one
Henry Hobson runs a successful bootmaker's shop in nineteenth-century Salford.
Fright night fun
questions@thehousedirectory.com HTML color chart Halloween falls in half term this year and it promises to be one of the biggest scarefests yet. JAMES MURPHY finds the best places to go
Picture this
Walthamstow’s photographic society, founded in 1894, isn’t just one of the oldest in the country, it’s also one of the most successful. Its free annual exhibition is on this week at St Mary's Welcome Centre in Walthamstow village: weekday evenings and all day Saturday 1 November.
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