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In search of an old soldier

Old soldiers never die, they just fade into the mists of time. At the centenary of the end of the First World War, Mick O’Reilly goes in search of one veteran, once an elderly relative

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Imperial War Museum

Writing poetry in brick, stone and steel

Roma Agarwal of The Shard fame and author of ‘Built’ talks of her journey as an engineer

Roma Agarwal beside the Shard in London

A comedy about depression

Outside, the tigers prowl. Within are more beasts as this play depicts

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My cookie is better than yours

Italy is in a hazelnut cream-filled civil war and it’s a delicious time

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Taming of the elephant

Tourists’ love for elephants performing tricks is problematic for pachyderms in Thailand

Baby elephant Ploy training to perform tricks at the Ban Ta Klang elephant village in the northeastern Thai province of Surin.

Young, old, the busy and the dead bike it

In Copenhagen, nothing is more important than using the bike to go through life

Bikes in centre of city in Copenhagen.

The fight is losing its force

Passionate but dwindling crowds mark decline of Tijuana bullfights

It’s bullfight season in Tijuana, home of the world’s third-largest bullring.

Once war-torn, Slovenia now tourist delight

Declared the “world’s first green destination”, more than half of the country is forest

After making our way up dozens of switchbacks through Slovenia’s Vrsic Pass, this was the view on the way down into the Soca Valley.

Mother-daughter reunited after 40 years

How Vietnamese woman reunited with daughter airlifted to America

Nguyen Thi Dep takes a look at a photo album her daughter Leigh Boughton Small prepared for her, as they reunite after 44 years apart at Small's hotel suite in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam November 17, 2019. Nguyen gave up her 3-year-old daughter during "Operation Babylift" in 1975 before Saigon fell to Communist North Vietnam. Picture taken November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Yen Duong

Made in Madrid, by hand

If you are planning to go to Madrid, check out these authentic crafts

Fernando García de la Calera, who specializes in custom-made jeans, works at the Concrete in Madrid, Nov. 13, 2019. In the Spanish capital, shoppers looking for high-quality clothes and accessories can still find them — or have them made to order. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)

What is a Bombogenesis?

The terms to describe winter weather are many. Here’s a handy guide

This Tuesday, November 27, 2019 photo provided by the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area shows parked SUVs covered in snow at Mammoth Mountain in Mammoth Mountain, Calif. Blizzard conditions have closed Interstate 5 south of Ashland, Oregon, all the way to the California state line. The Siskiyou Summit at the border on I-5, typically one of the more perilous sections of freeway along the West Coast corridor in wintery weather, had seen 6 inches of new snow with 10 inches packed on the roadside.

How to stay in a hotel for one dollar a night

Check into this place in Japan but there’s a catch

The Asahi Ryokan hotel in Fukuoka. (Tetsuya Inoue)

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