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...I know that somewhere ahead is the camp with its warm shower, vast dinner and hot-water bottle. But for now, I am immersed in endless shades of silver — glistening fog, sparkling rock, mercurial water....
...This article is part of FT Globetrotter’s guide to New York This year marked New York City’s first full annus this decade without pandemic restrictions in place, and the message was resoundingly clear:...
...There’s a squat lighthouse, with an enormous nest on one side of the chimney pot. White-tailed sea eagles are everywhere I look. We watch as a bird glides in circles....
...I got on the Eurostar from London and within days had paid about £60,000 for a 37 sq m flat in one of those instantly recognisable Parisian buildings in cream-coloured stone, with wrought-iron balconies...
...Sometimes Salvatore would take Oksana out to dinner with his friends or to watch him play bowls with his sons....
...Within days, dozens of Russian theatre buildings were marked with a Z....
...It was immediately clear to startled staff that this was no random burglary. The man in the mask had been prepared. He had known small notes are usually marked. And he had used a secret exit....
...the most interesting women of the 17th century, with a range and depth unequalled even by many men.”...
...The England Women’s team will succeed where the men failed and bring home the World Cup in the summer of 2023....
...Three men were working in the steep meadows below, pitchforking hay on to a sled pulled by two oxen. They leaned on their tools for a moment to watch as we passed....
...with diamond pavé, sturdy gold bangles studded with the same precious stones, and slithering chunky chains and charms marked with Louis Vuitton’s signature flower or blossom in little gold frames....
...These burgundy calfskin-encased binoculars combine vintage style with the latest technology and promise a crystal-clear scenic view....
...I stand at the feet of a snow sculpture of Buddha bigger than any stone equivalent I’ve seen in Asia, and watch two men pull an ice teddy bear in a child’s plastic sledge past a fried chicken restaurant....
...His About Time watch collection for Omega will be among the 55 pieces, with watch faces beneath citrines (estimate £15,000-£20,000) or tourmalines (estimate £20,000-£30,000), alongside intricate and sculptural...
...On a clear day, it offers a view of a bridge that links Japan’s main island to Shikoku via a series of stepping stone specks of land....
...Sales and earnings had plummeted in the final years on his watch, and the group was engaged in a frantic effort to cut its debt....
...The barefooted, raggedly dressed caretaker, Charles Carmichael, a Sri Lankan with a distant Scottish ancestor, proudly showed us round the 163 graves, each marked by stones brought from Britain in the empty...
...What you won’t find is a clear picture of her: in an industry so specialised, with a talent pool so shallow, Vacheron Constantin is at pains to keep her identity under wraps. How’s that for privacy?...
...After the all-clear, we started a fire on the beach, and while our Inuit crew started cooking traditional panitsiak bread, a few of us grabbed fishing rods....
...Once there, though, you find the ideal area for children to learn to ski: a mini-mountain consisting exclusively of gentle runs, many with slalom courses marked out by cartoon animals....
...Yet there was a marked difference in tone....
...The two men stopped in front of a portrait of the Duke of Wellington in full military dress, extravagantly decorated with Russian orders....
...Precious stones not only cover the entire watch, but cascade off the side of the case. This pink gold model is set with 476 emeralds (eight carats) and a further 226 adorn the dial....
...Where Buckles’ public persona is marked by blokeish bonhomie and grand ambition, Almanza’s style is buttoned-up and austere, with occasional flashes of dry humour....
...Now people were melting away fast, with just a few staying to watch as a small hard core of youths lobbed stones towards a distant row of parked vehicles that may have belonged to the security forces....
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