Hints and tips:
...Before dinner I’d visited the most striking of them, Aime 2000, opened in 1969 and known in France as the “Paquebot des Neiges”, the “Ocean liner of the snows”....
...It’s a demanding but exciting way to explore the archipelago. Here, the waves are breaking on the reef, a neat spot for riding; there, I see the glint of fish – giant trevally – swimming beneath me....
...I’m still ambivalent about turning 40, but I’d do it all over again for a two-star dinner in Ilimanaq....
...He’d lift me up so I could see over the counter at the betting window, and I’d hand over the notes he’d given me. “Two dollars to win on the No 4, please,” I’d whisper. Whatever I won, I could keep....
...And by look at us, I don’t mean use her sound to echolocate on us to look at the hull of the boat that’s underwater....
...The fish is now 30 yards away. I ready my fumbling hands: no room for error. Now 10yds away; the water is so clear I can see the fish’s big circular eyes, searching for its victim. “Strip!”...
...Of the others I spoke to, two came to Norland from a background in children’s sports coaching, and one after his plans to join the army fell through....
...I’ve been here since 2007, a year after landing my first photography job. Before that I barely knew what the Midwest was – I’d never really travelled past Connecticut, where I grew up....
...I marvel at a rainbow of fish: dusky chubs, blue-chin parrotfish, Panamic sergeant majors and white-tipped reef sharks....
...Coming to live in the city in 2015, I thought I’d spend every other weekend there, only to discover it was shut for repairs....
...“The system told me I had six minutes until collision. I would have had no chance....
...Last year, the defunct Prada Sports line got a reboot under the name Linea Rossa....
...And there is little sign the world will rapidly shift away from fossil fuels. Usage has jumped 62 per cent over the course of a few decades — up from 61.6m b/d in 1986....
...The children ooh’d, aah’d and shrieked with delight as Aqua Blu’s resident photographer navigated his drone along the beach, zooming and swooping above their heads....
...The fish have been landlocked since the last Ice Age cut off their route to the ocean. But still they act out their ancient migratory drama....
...If we eat out, it’s at the Grand Cœur for fennel and orange salads and simple fish with no fussy sauces, or at Il Quadrifoglio, where they make a superb gluten-free pizza topped with organic tomatoes and...
...I began to see motors not as a threat to the sanctity of a sport but a thrilling boost to its joyful appeal. I felt like I’d pedalled into the future....
...The resulting building has the feel of a buzzing restaurant-with-rooms and none of the usual ersatz chalet tropes: no skis on the wall, no extreme sports movies on big screens....
...I learnt to scout for sting rays just beneath the sand, and to scan for fish following in their wake....
...If I had to limit my shopping to one neighbourhood in one city, I’d choose Pimlico in London....
...“It’s absolutely nonsensical,” he said, of the idea that he could be a serial international smuggler. “If I was doing it, I’d be a millionaire.”...
...I am a huge fan of football and rugby, and I love to wash my brain by watching sport....
...With a baby at home, and other deadlines looming, I’d have to do the unthinkable: a day trip to New Zealand. I landed before 5am on a Sunday in February with no plan and only a few hours to kill....
...Kissinger goes off on a tour d’horizon of the health of European diplomacy. He can find no leader who excites him, with the possible exception of France’s Emmanuel Macron....
...When I got smashed (inevitably) there was almost fun in it. I can take this, I thought. I’d be lying if I said my wave count was any higher. Still, no egos, right?...
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