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Monday 5th December 2011

Begging – The Big Issue: The Best Way to Give

Walking out of the killing fields in Cambodia, I found myself face to face with an ageing man on crutches, his left trouser rolled up around the stump of what once was his leg, one arm held towards me, begging. After the highly disturbing experience of mass graves…

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Monday 21st November 2011

An Idiot Abroad?

Young British travellers’ excursions are a far cry from the traditional annual trips to the coast for a Punch and Judy show and a Donkey ride on the beach. Even the wildly popular British camping and caravanning sites of the 60s are an archaic vision of the past…

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Saturday 19th November 2011

Amsterdam’s Red Light District: A Debate

Gingerly entering the Red Light District for the first time earlier this year on my brief stay in Amsterdam was a mind-blowing experience. I had always acknowledged its existence, yet seeing the spectacle for myself was quite a different matter. In the sunny glare of daylight, the Red…

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Saturday 5th November 2011

Saipan: the beauty of the Northern Mariana Islands

Sadly, as the memories of last summer get older, they start to fade away. Nonetheless, it’s not quite time to say farewell to the wonderfully warm places that we have been to, where it seems like summer will never be over. Almost everyone has heard of the magnificent…

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Wednesday 2nd November 2011

City Review: New York

Situated on the east coast of America with a travel time of 7-8 hours from the UK, ‘New York, New York’ is the place to be if you want endless excitement and non-stop entertainment. When: I usually go around the month of October as you escape the searing…

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Wednesday 19th October 2011

City Review: Istanbul

Where? Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey and although not the capital by name, it is certainly capital by nature. Located only four hours from the UK, Istanbul is in a prime position for long weekend trips or quick getaways. Why visit? Istanbul has a positive, energetic,…

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Monday 17th October 2011

The Frog’s B*ll*cks

As a student of modern languages, it’s a requirement of my degree that I spend my third year studying abroad. For the first five months, I’ve chosen to study in Pau, in the south of France. So far, it has been a fantastic experience, but certainly rather different…

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Monday 17th October 2011

City Review: Barcelona

In spite of the notorious night life, the high fashion hot spots, a world famous football stadium and being renowned as one of the culinary capitals of Spain, Barcelona successfully surpasses all expectations. The sunshine and seaside are not the only things bringing in the culture-hungry visitors. The…

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Tuesday 11th October 2011

Paris: ‘City Of Men’

I have come to the early realisation that Paris is not the ‘City of Lights’, but the city of men. The streets crawl with both fine specimens of the race and skew-whiff tripod-like creatures, relentlessly parading through the streets with their cocks to the sky. In the former…

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Friday 7th October 2011

These Men (Le Marais)

Le Marais is about the sensuality of the performance once intended for creation, appropriated into a vertical courtship ritual that lacks subtley, but gains in this, a divine intensity. It is a region of circumstantial fortune – where a night lives and dies by the people met and…

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