In the first of Time to Wander’s series looking at UNESCO’s new World Heritage sites, Bernard O’Shea visits the spectacular…
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She’s in a dry dock but you’ll feel waves of nostalgia when you board the Lady Denman ferry in her…
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Romanians say when you enter their country, you have to put your watch back 50 years*. Sometimes it can be…
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When the time comes for summer festivals in Portugal’s Algarve region, the local maritime creatures get nervous, very nervous. Bernard O’Shea…
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Atten-shunn! Fall in, everybody, behind Bernard O’Shea as he marches into a most unusual military zone and salutes its artistic…
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July 14: A mob is marching towards the citadel, looking purposeful and determined. Dark clouds hover, and there’s an ominous…
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Brasilia is on the World Heritage list for its modern urban planning, but perhaps its best attraction is one carved…
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If he could live in Brazil, Bernard O’Shea would probably settle in Florianópolis, on the island of Santa Catarina, which is famous…
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The scene: an Australia Day fair in suburban Sydney. Delicious smells waft from food stalls. There’s an ominous rumble in…
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They were the unlikeliest of heroes, yet they helped topple a hated regime. Their memory lives on in a fascinating…