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A word, if you please | writers in paradise | Jaipur in the Maldives

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At the Jaipur Literary Festival Soneva Fushi this week, words are just the beginning… Australians love a writers’ festival. In 2022, some 140 of them are scheduled or in planning, canvassing genres, themes and dedicated authors, including this month’s Sydney Writers Festival (May 16-22). One of the world’s biggest assemblages of writers occurs each year…

Cliffhanger, a property on the Greek island of Antiparos
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Rental as anything | private bubbles

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Keen travellers making up for lost time are seeking holiday homes that promise seclusion, mindfood and a wellbeing upskill… A dazzling Greek villa with lines sharp enough to slice haloumi … a Pacific island retreat with Tjapaltjarri on the walls … a bold new Bondi abode frocked up in perforated aluminium … The luxury holiday…
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Luxury train travel | the romance of rail | trainspotter shares his tips

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From Japan to Canada, Switzerland to the Scottish Highlands, top-end train travel can be addictive. Just ask trainspotter Rylie Heathfield… As a boy, Rylie Heathfield could go one better than a bedroom full of Thomas The Tank Engine books and toys. Across the valley from his aunt and uncle’s property east of Melbourne was the…
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Where to stay in George Town | The pick of Penang | Heritage beds

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There are many great places to stay in the Penang’s heritage city of George Town, most with a colourful story to tell… George Town’s architecture is like the special family occasion where everyone brings a plate and you cross your fingers for a fine feast. Scotland arrives with the lacy cast iron, England turns up…

Anne of Green Gables dolls on Prince Edward Island, Canada
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The Canadian Maritimes | best museums | the quirky dozen

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Explosions, shipwrecks, inventions, spirited redheads, duplicitous sea creatures and buried treasure … discover the Canadian Maritimes’ magnetic attractions via a unique museum trail On Canada’s Atlantic flank sit the three provinces that comprise what’s called the Canadian Maritimes: Nova Scotia with its umbilical cord to Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick. As well…

A colourful spice souk in the Moroccan town of Rissani
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Colours of Morocco | the bold & the beautiful | artisans at work

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From the vibrant medinas of Marrakech to the riads of Fes and the ochre sands of Erg Chebbi, Morocco’s colour palette is the gift with purchase Colour plays a starring role in the architecture, craftsmanship, food and culture of Morocco. Even taxis play the colour card in this strategically located North African country with the…

Alexander Graham Bell inventor of the telephone
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For whom Bell toiled | phone a friend | Best Canadian Maritimes museums

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There was more to Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell than the telephone, as one Canadian museum reveals If you wanted a speed date with Canadian history, the museums of the Maritimes provinces on the east coast of Canada would probably have you swiping right. Dedicated to everything from buried treasure, fishing and explosions, to Anne…

Mentors surfer Layne Beachley champion conquering fear motivation
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The getting of wisdom | what mentors teach | game-changing advice

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Embrace fear. Know how much debt you can live with. Be honest about what you don’t know … gritty advice from mentors can be career game-changers. SUSAN SKELLY talks to four trailblazing women about passing the baton. LAYNE BEACHLEY Seven times a world champion, it was inevitable that Manly’s number one surfer girl would become a…

remymartin XO cognac cinnamon notes sydney 12micron barangaroo
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Cognac couture | the XO factor | aromarama

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Describing the ‘notes’ in a glass of wine or Cognac has always been the somewhat mysterious art of the connoisseur. Rémy Martin’s international ambassador Alexandre Quintin puts a simple spin on it. The six-foot long table in the private dining room at Barangaroo’s 12-Micron restaurant table is dressed like an Old Master’s still life. It’s an artfully…

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