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Granada In Five Places
In a spot south of the touristed sights of the Alhambra and old centre, tucked away on Paseo del Violón near the modern conference centre, is a poignant monument recalling one of the pivotal moments in Granada’s history. Here, shaded by palms and fla
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Banished. Exiled. Died… Widowed. Berated. Survived.
THEY ARE INVISIBLE BUT INDISPENSABLE. Unremarked, yet always there. Tudor ladies-in-waiting have long been depicted as mere ‘scenery’ in books, plays and films about the 16th century, a backdrop of pretty faces. This is accurate – to a point. A queen
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Encounters
DIARY By Jonathan Wright, Danny Bird and Eleanor Barnett EXPLORE Orkney, Scotland TRAVEL Granada, Spain What’s the first symbol that comes to mind when you think about Japan? Mount Fuji? Cherry blossom? Or, perhaps, it’s that quintessentially Japanes

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