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Costing the 12 Days of Christmas*

Costing the 12 Days of Christmas*
FIRST DAY – A partridge in a pear treePreparing for the first part your true love’s first day of Christmas is easy: pear trees are available from most garden centres for around £20. You can expect them to start bearing fruit within a year, but not in the depths of..
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  • 23 Dec
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Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire
I have been good at many computer games, but I have been great at only one: Tekken. The ‘King of Iron Fist Tournament’ was first developed by Japanese gaming stalwarts Namco in 1994 and a few months later became one of the early flagship titles for the new Sony Playstation...
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  • 1 Mar
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The Last Outlaw

The Last Outlaw
Four years since Sons of Anarchy officially ended, some fans still have difficulty separating David Labrava from his alter ego, Happy Lowman. His Instagram and Twitter accounts are frothing seas of fans questioning his motivations and demanding real answers to questions about his character’s fictional actions. “People think they know..
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  • 3 Jan
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Life and Death in the Chocolate Box

Life and Death in the Chocolate Box
On a cool, clear evening in Buenos Aires, San Martín de San Juan, a small team from western Argentina, arrives to meet its fate at La Bombonera. Home of Boca Juniors, the largest and most successful team in the country, the stadium is the beating blue-and-gold heart of the colourful,..
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  • 6 Dec
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State of Play

State of Play
Thanks to its ubiquitous sign, ‘Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada’ may be the most famous branding of any city in the world, even if it’s not always telling the truth. Nevada’s largest city is many things to many people – fabulous for some, but it can just as easily..
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  • 1 Apr
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Half Way to Mars

Half Way to Mars
The first time I met Gary Player he gave me a little cuddle in front of a big crowd. It was in early 2010, shortly before the official opening of Saadiyat Beach Golf Club, the Abu Dhabi course designed by the South African. I was there with a dozen or..
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  • 4 Feb
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The Hospital Built by Gorillas

The Hospital Built by Gorillas
In a jungle on a mountainside, in the southernmost part of Uganda, in the very heart of Africa, there stands a hospital, a hospital built by gorillas. It’s an ongoing job, and though the Bwindi Community Hospital first opened 12 years ago, on some mornings you can still faintly hear..
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  • 13 Nov
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Furiouser and Furiouser

Furiouser and Furiouser
On a hot night in late June 2001, a group of young, largely unknown actors shuffled along the red carpet at the premiere of their new film in Los Angeles, California. Many had made fashion choices they would later regret. Among them, Paul Walker wore an ill-fitting suit with a..
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  • 29 Mar
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Slicker Cities

Slicker Cities
Victoria Derby Day in Melbourne passes largely in monochrome. That is not to say it is dull – tens of thousands of people attend the 140-year-old race which traditionally marks the start of Melbourne Cup week, and most hell-bent on having a good time. But a history that no one..
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  • 8 Mar
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What Becky Said

What Becky Said
One of the first things a broadcaster learns is how to control their voice: intonation, pronunciation and, crucially, pacing. Veteran CNN presenter Becky Anderson does all of this perfectly on air, but off it things are a good deal pacier. For example, when asked if there’s such a thing as..
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  • 11 Dec
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Be Careful What You Piss For

Be Careful What You Piss For

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  • 8 Aug
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Costing the 12 Days of Christmas*

Costing the 12 Days of Christmas*

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  • 23 Dec
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The Sunshine Underground

The Sunshine Underground

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  • 24 Oct
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The Monuments Men

The Monuments Men

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  • 24 Oct
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In Search of Snow Hill

In Search of Snow Hill

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  • 18 Oct
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Andrew on 22 Oct
22 Hours In Russia

This put me in the mood for another charity rally. Also, I don't know if this is a positive development or not, but a McDonald's

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Justin Davis on 12 May
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Do you think your travels will take you to New Orleans, Savannah or Charleston here in the U.S. this year? I'd like to invite you

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