Portfolio article How I learned to dance from YouTube (Dance Today) Neil Bennion prepared for Seville’s April Fair with the aid of the Internet and a blue biro I’d left it far too late to learn from a group class. Seville’s April Fair, where people dress up in traditional finery and dance Sevillanas, is already …
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Portfolio article Blood, Sweat and English Teachers (Shoestring) From behind I may have looked composed and professional, but had I been facing a mirror rather than a whiteboard, the truth would have been apparent. What on earth was the passive voice used for? My mind had gone blank with the pressure and the whole lesson …
Portfolio article Riding Latin America’s Five Greatest Railways (Shoestring) No-one talks about great coach journeys of the world. Whether it’s due to the technical feats involved, the fact you can get up and wander around or simply the sight of beautiful scenery jerking rhythmically about, train travel has something uniquely special about it. Perhaps it’s …
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Portfolio article Happy new beers! (Healthy For Men) 10 GREAT REASONS NOT TO OVERDO IT… It’s the boozy season again, but don’t let it go to your head. We’ve got 10 reasons not to overindulge without guilt. KEEP YOUR ORGANS UNPICKLED‘Livers are important,’ says Hugh Laurie’s character in the medical drama series House. ‘You can’t …
Portfolio article The Wild One (Cairns Weekend Post) Unlike many temples of Angkor, Beng Melea is an untouched wonder waiting to be discovered, writes NEIL BENNION It’s all a bit tame, isn’t it? The temples of Angkor might once have been buried in the Cambodian jungle, but these days the only thing you have to …
Portfolio article A helping hand for those who can’t COPE (Vientiane Times) A cascade of khaki-green baubles hangs from the ceiling, suspended on transparent plastic. At first I’m confused as to what it is I’m looking at but, on closer inspection, it becomes clearer. Above is a split-open bomb-casing, and this is its payload of …
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Portfolio article UXO Sculpture Completes Rehab Visitor Centre (Vientiane Times) The Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise (COPE) visitor centre in Vientiane received a sculpture made almost entirely of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on Tuesday. The artwork weighs nearly half a tonne and features a mother and child running in terror. It cost about US$2000 to make …
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Portfolio article Blooming Dales: Harrogate is an English Gem (Senior Voice of Florida) When Agatha Christie went missing in 1926, people must have feared the worst, especially when her car was found abandoned. She was discovered alive and well in Harrogate 10 days later. The true reason for her flight is still the subject of …
Portfolio article Lost and found in the Galapagos Islands (Red) Travel-writing competition: Runner-Up Eric should have known better than to tangle with the 41 big one. The male sea lion defending its harem was unimpressed by the attention of the snorkeller. Eric got off lightly with a playful warning – a bite on the backside. …
