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Thursday August 7, 2008

No ordinary camper

Embrace vankind

There's a new way to explore the "picture-postcard" scenery of the Netherlands, says Rhiannon Batten in the Observer: in a vehicle that's "part monster truck, part 'Little House On the Prairie'". The Tonke Camper is a hand-built van... [continued]

Getting the flavour of...

Go to sleep

For the "erratic sleeper", a holiday can be a waking nightmare, says Max Davidson in the Sunday Telegraph. A "strange bed, unfamiliar surroundings and night owls partying on the floor below" can all conspire to leave you more... [continued]

Dine on la Seine

Party boats in this country are the epitome of naffness, says Benji Lanyado in the Guardian. So how do the French manage to pull them off with such style? La Dame de Canton, a "chunky" wooden boat in the... [continued]

Finding their Marbles?

The new Acropolis museum in Athens is "not only a dazzling piece of modernist architecture", says Mark Hodson in the Sunday Times, but "the latest gambit in a 200-year campaign for the return of the Elgin Marbles". This "astonishing"... [continued]

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