Scotland is a feeling as much as an experience, but some aspects, like Edinburgh Airport, are mismanaged and lead to misery for tourists.
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Category: Reportage
An Unfortunate Taste of the High Life in Amsterdam
A visit to the Dutch capital goes awry after a couple of puffs on a joint, leading to a hellish experience from which there is no relief.
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More Tourists Fall Victim to Gran Canaria’s ‘Dodgy Doc’ and Her €1,000 Prescriptions
Distraught holidaymakers in Gran Canaria speak of losing thousands of euros to a doctor one insurance company said is “blacklisted”.
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Living the Renaissance in Modish Milan
Passion, creativity and style are on everyday display in Milan, one of Italy’s most vibrant cities. I dive into modern-day Renaissance life.
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Iran’s Mahsa Amini Moment of Reckoning
Nationwide protests, and demonstrations abroad, seek to topple Iran’s regime, following anger over the death of Masha Amini. Will change come?
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The Purgatory of Yves Saint Laurent’s Marrakech Wonderworld
The celebrated designer drew inspiration from the colours of Morocco, but how much of his exotic getaway was fantasy?
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Writing and Running in Storms
A sojuourn to a remote Canary village, to finish a book and continue training for a marathon, opens up disturbing vistas of human life.
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At the Birthplace of Shakespeare, an Omnipotent, Immortal Aura
The spirit, and influence, of the greatest writer ever lives on, even if some who study the Bard have been infected with the wokeism virus.
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El Apartamento
Apartment living is supposed to be easy. But with truculent neighbours and incessant noise, it’s anything but.
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Swinging in the Sand: Unbridled Exhibitionism and Voyeurism in Gran Canaria
Despite the threat of jail and fines, frisky couples still gravitate towards the protected Maspalomas Dunes for open-air swinging.
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The Art of the Protest, Octopus-Style
Animal-rights activists gathered at government buildings in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to protest against a controversial octopus farm.
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‘Killed for Tapas’: World’s First Octopus Farm Planned on Spanish Island Amid Outcry
Scientists, animal rights activists and conservationists are outraged about the development on a Spanish island of an octopus farm.
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Gran Canaria’s Al Fresco Sex Scene Has Many Hot and Bothered
Men searching for sex in the protected Maspalomas Dunes are breaking the law and despoiling a protective reserve amid a lack of policing.
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Old Wounds Fester in Cyprus, Home to World’s Last Divided Capital
By William J. Furney Only the forenames of some people interviewed for this article have been used, to protect their identity in a politically sensitive place. It’s midnight on the
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After Covid, An American Invasion of a Greek Party Island
By William J. Furney “Are all y’all bonding over there?” the bearded, hulking figure of an African-American bellows into his phone as I walk past him in a narrow and
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