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Why you should visit St Helena, home to the 'world's most useless airport'

'Hikers and old people' have traditionally visited St Helena, but the island's first airport is opening it up to a new type of traveller

The Independent UK

'It was unbelievable': Bassist explains what it was like recording hits with Abba

MIKE Watson travelled to Sweden with American singer Larry Finnegan in 1964. He never left – and the move turned out to be one of the best…

The National (Scotland)

Reine de Naples 9835 and 9838

A n emblematic example of feminine-oriented watchmaking, the Reine de Naples collection draws inspiration from the first-ever Brequet wristwatch, delivered in 1812 to Napoleon’s sister, Queen Caroline. Whether gem set, engraved or lacquered, each model is thus an ode to femininity.

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Egyptians calls for return of the Rosetta Stone

A petition to have the relic returned has garnered over 100,000 signatures

The Independent UK

Crackers review – have yourself a merry ratty Christmas

Charles Way’s farce has squabbling siblings, festive karaoke and a cranky rodent as a family tries to keep their pet shop afloat

The Guardian - UK

2022: the year even right-leaning cartoonists had a gutful of Scott Morrison

Although it isn’t mentioned anywhere on the cover of Russ Radcliffe’s latest offering, 2022 is the 20th anniversary of Best Australian Political Cartoons. That’s right – for anyone who has been collecting the books since they began in 2003, a whole shelf of plain blue, red, purple, green and gold…

The Conversation

Royal Guard uniforms 'need to be brought into the 21st century', say animal rights activists

Each cap is said to last around 80 years and cost £1,710

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Ancient Egypt unleashed: how the gods, pharaohs, monsters and murderers shattered their silence

As a new show at the British Museum celebrates the monumental discovery that blew a 3,000-year-old mystery apart, our writer finds magic and malice on a code-cracking ride into antiquity

The Guardian - UK

Station to station: a walk in Brontë country

The first in our new series of car-free walks is an enjoyable tramp across the West Yorkshire moors from Haworth to Hebden Bridge

The Guardian - UK

Egypt archaeologists want British Museum to return the Rosetta Stone

The Museum said it has not recieved a formal request from Egypt for the return of the priceless artefact

Evening Standard

Egypt calls for return of Rosetta Stone 200 years after it was deciphered

Prominent Egyptian archaeologists have renewed a call for the return of the Rosetta Stone from the British Museum to Egypt, 200 years after the deciphering of the slab unlocked the secrets of hieroglyphic script and marked the birth of Egyptology.

Reuters

Nine Perfect Strangers locations, cast and episodes as Nicole Kidman drama airs

The mini-series is written by the same author behind Big Little Lies

Wales Online

Would Madinah Become Saudi Arabia’s ‘City of Lights’?

Since the second half of the 19th century, Paris’ inhabitants and visitors have known it as the city of lights (La Ville Lumière). Some historians suggest the name was given to the French capital because it was a hub for culture and intellect during the Age of Enlightenment, and its…

Asharq Al-Awsat

With 'Ducks,' the creator of Hark! A Vagrant reveals her shadow side

Kate Beaton, the mind that gave us perky revolutionaries and a roly-poly Napoleon, now tells the darker side of her life story: how she suffered during the two years she worked in Alberta's oil field.

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The Guardian - UK

Visions of Egypt review – how can this show be so devoid of ancient wonder?

Ancient Egypt has inspired passion and awe in the western world for centuries – yet this confused show wants to chide us for it

Evening Standard

Let’s forget foreign flights and rebuild our great holiday resorts

The first revolution in popular tourism began 200 years ago, in the period following the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the end of two decades of war with Napoleon, the British were finally free to visit continental Europe.

Benzinga

Weed In Russia: Cannabis Legal Status Guide

This article was originally published on 2Fast4Buds and appears here with permission.

Reuters

Analysis-Putin bets winter gas chokehold will yield Ukraine peace - on his terms

Cold winters helped Moscow defeat Napoleon and Hitler. President Vladimir Putin is now betting that sky-rocketing energy prices and possible shortages this winter will persuade Europe to strong arm Ukraine into a truce -- on Russia's terms.

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The Independent UK

Lesser-known nations flying the flag at the Commonwealth Games

Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, are looking to claim a fifth medal and first since 2006.

The Conversation

Persuasion: why the Netflix adaptation is actually worth a watch, according to a romantic literature expert

SPOILER ALERT: this article contains plot references to Persuasion.

Radio France Internationale

French far-right MP sued for adopting aristocratic family’s name

A newly elected far-right lawmaker has been sued by the descendants of one of France's oldest aristocratic families for adding their name to his own.

The Guardian - US

Like Napoleon at Elba, Donald Trump plots his revenge and return

For the moment, the ex-reality show host shuttles between Florida and New Jersey. But he is restless to return

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson must hope that his remarkable luck holds as the vultures circle

Often misquoted as a bon mot of Napoleon — but really the quizzical remark of tough 17th-century French ruler Cardinal Mazarin — the question to ask of a general is not “is he skilful?” but “is he lucky?” The “lucky generals” trope is as relevant to political combatants as military…

Reuters

Russian defender of 18th-century Crimea proposed for sainthood

Russia's defence minister has proposed that 18th-century tsarist general Alexander Suvorov, revered for repelling Turkish attacks against Crimea and crushing a revolutionary movement in Poland, be made a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin leading Russia to destruction and is 'hostage to propaganda', says expert

Soviet-born businessman Alexander Temerko, who held a senior position is Boris Yeltsin's administration, said Vladimir Putin has swallowed the myths of legendary Russian military prowess like the defeat of the Mongols in the 13th Century or the besting of Napoleon in 1812

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