A red-topped flyer caught my eye in the Visit Scotland tourist information centre (3 Princes Street) in the Scottish capital. ‘VISIT SCOTLAND’S BEST ATTRACTION’ urged the flyer in white capital letters on a red background. A stylised picture of the royal yacht looking much like a liner on an advertising poster from the 1920s.
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One of the best known proponents of De Stijl’s ideals, and a founding member, was Piet Mondrian. He moved to New York City in 1940, where he is buried in the Cypress Hills Cemetery. Victory Boogie Woogie, the unfinished painting that is regarded as his masterpiece, is now displayed at the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague.
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“People of all ages can see and enjoy The Lion King, but what you're going to experience as a kid is very different to what you're going to experience as an adult,” says Nick Greatrex, Senior Marketing Manager at The Walt Disney Company.
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“I come from a family of five generations of loggers,” says Darren before explaining that meant working in the bush, bringing logs to the sawmill and processing them. “I’m carrying on the legacy…in the form on promoting it for tourism, team building and allowing people who wouldn’t normally have the chance to get a taste of what it’s like to be a lumberjack and do it for a day with their friends.”
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The Medina is busy but is packed with character (and characters). Strolling through it is a way of getting a feel of the city’s soul and is well worth doing during a Marrakech city break.
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Dazzling morning sunlight silhouettes the larger-than-life-size statue at Elvis Presley Plaza. The bronze sculpture depicts the youthful King of Rock and Roll with slicked-back hair, gripping the neck of an acoustic guitar.
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Every year thousands of runners are pleased when they arrive into South Shields on the Coast Road, which skirts the North Sea’s shoreline into town, to cross the finish line of the Great North Run. No half-marathon in the world attracts more participants.
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What impresses me most is the free mulled wine. It's hard to image to imagine that anywhere else in the world. In this wine-producing area of Cyprus, they have a lot of wine on tap.
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Even without a seasonal dusting of snow, there’s something magical about a visit to the traditional Advent markets of Salzburg in Austria.
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The sound of Ecclefechan’s name reminded me of fallen branches crunching and snapping underfoot during a woodland walk.
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