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Forest therapy - Travel

9/1/2018, 5:38:45 AM
undefined ✔ Inspired by ancient Shinto and Buddhist practices, this green concept has been growing in global popularity ✔ Sai Kung East Country Park Officially designated in 1978, this country park takes up a vast area on the Sai Kung Peninsula ✔ It's also one of the best locations in the city for forest bird observation


Changing to this type of car insurance policy could save a third of UK drivers hundreds

9/1/2018, 7:02:18 AM
THOUSANDS of motorists in the UK could benefit from a pay-per-mile insurance premium as new research reveals some drivers are only using their cars to travel a handful of miles a week. ✔ Low mileage drivers could stand to save money annually (Image: GETTY) With so many drivers barely using their car over the course of a week, they could massively benefit from a pay-per-mile premium ✔ However, electric cars do tend to have a higher initial cost than a combustion engine equivalent


World's biggest unfinished plane hidden in a hangar

9/1/2018, 6:08:28 AM
The world's biggest unfinished airplane lies in a hangar outside Kiev, Ukraine, awaiting completion since the collapse of the Soviet Union decades ago. Will this enormous plane ever take off? ✔ The wings that would give it a span of 88.4 meters are unattached, stretching off to one side ✔ The nose gear, a mechanism the size of a house, is also nearby ✔ A similar rendering starred alongside Vin Diesel in Fast and Furious 6 ✔ With performances like that, maybe an encore is overdue


10 of the best alternative city breaks in Europe

9/1/2018, 6:14:53 AM
With their historic architecture, beautiful scenery and culture without the crowds, these 10 charming European cities are perfect for a late summer/early autumn getaway ✔ Podgorica , Montenegro Photograph: Alamy You may remember this city as Titograd, or perhaps Ribnica, Doclea or Zeta ✔ All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative ✔ By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that Skimlinks cookies will be set


William H Macy: Emmy Rossum is making 'right choice' leaving Shameless

9/1/2018, 7:25:16 AM
he Fargo actor, 68, sent his support during a catch up with Entertainment Weekly on Friday, telling the magazine: 'She's young and I think she's made the right choice.' ✔ William H Macy is reaction to news his Shameless castmate Emmy Rossum will be leaving the hit after eight years on the Showtime series ✔ There are few characters female or otherwise as layered and dynamic ✔ The 64-year-old actress will play Ingrid, who appears to catch the interest of William H


20+ Amazing Things Common for Asia but Too Futuristic for Western People

9/1/2018, 7:38:33 AM
It often seems that the future is born in the East. People here buy tickets to a concert with holograms, a projection of a person at the airport gives advice to travelers, salt water is used instead of batteries, and food is cooked in solar ovens. Maybe the secret is in bravely experimenting with technology, as well as a dream to think bigger, a passion for minimalism, or just a crazy imagination. ✔ 20+ Amazing Things Common for Asia but Too Futuristic for Western People It often seems that the future is born in the East ✔ Maybe the secret is in bravely experimenting with technology, as well as a dream to think bigger, a passion for minimalism, or just a crazy imagination ✔ It doesn’t require any batteries  all you need to do is pour salt water inside


The world on your plate

9/1/2018, 4:05:04 AM
Experience the globe through its gastronomic delights courtesy of Loney Planet’s Ultimate Eatlist, the new bible for the foodie traveller. ✔ In Hong Kong you can sample your dim sum as simply or as extravagantly as your predilections go ✔ ITALY Sing the praises of pizza where the margherita took form margherita pizza from Naples ✔ Love Holidays (0203 879 1185/loveholidays.com) offer seven nights in Jamaica from £1,497 (two sharing), room only


The hand gesture in Spain which means something more insulting - and other rude signals

9/1/2018, 4:05:05 AM
HOLIDAYS abroad to Spain, Greece and Portugal are high on many Briton's holiday list this year. However, there are some hand gestures which, while innocent in the UK, have much ruder meanings abroad. ✔ Hand signals: Many innocent hand gestures in the UK could be rude abroad (Image: Express) Stop hand Spreading a flat hand with all five fingers out is often known to mean stop in the UK ✔ In Spain and Portugal, it really means a cuckold, the husband of a cheater, and is a large insult


Ulusaba: First look inside the 2,010ft² Safari Suite at Richard Branson's African hideaway

9/1/2018, 6:41:56 AM
undefined ✔ After a busy week, I was here at Ulusaba in the Sabi Sands reserve that borders the Kruger National Park, to inspect its newly renovated Safari Suite ✔ Then of course, the reason you came - the safari drives ✔ The Safari Suite and Safari Room can be booked together for R68,800 (£3,717) per night


Alnwick: Empty beaches, epic castles and deadly gardens in England's most overlooked county

9/1/2018, 6:41:57 AM
Northumberland can be unfairly dismissed as people whizz through to Scotland (or south to England). ✔ Northumberland can be unfairly dismissed as people whizz through to Scotland (or south to England) ✔ on near-empty beaches, epic castles, lush gardens and a flurry of festivals ✔ Alnwick Food Festival (alnwickfoodfestival.co.uk; Sept 22-23) is one of the oldest of its kind in the North East


Lana Del Rey pulls out of Israeli festival after backlash

9/1/2018, 7:33:28 AM
Singer had been pressured to cancel show most Palestinians would not be allowed to watch ✔ Del Rey had come under pressure from the Palestine Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel to change her decision: We doubt that you would have played in apartheid South Africa; likewise, artists refuse to play in apartheid Israel ✔ Radiohead went ahead with a concert in Tel Aviv in July 2017, with Thom Yorke arguing that playing in a country isn’t the same as endorsing its government … We don’t endorse Netanyahu any more than Trump, but we still play in America


Avant-garde approach

9/1/2018, 5:38:41 AM
undefined ✔ Konstantin Grcic's design is inspired by Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys' fishing vest ✔ It served as the perfect representation of the designer's nomadic, exploratory sensibilities, but also of her understanding of the principle of utilitarianism ✔ It was minimal, too, emblazoned only with Prada's iconic triangular logo ✔ its clear-cut, fixed geometry contrasting with the moving bodies


I’d give anything to have my sister back

9/1/2018, 4:04:57 AM
When Becky Barletta was diagnosed with dementia two years ago aged 31 she became one of the UK’s youngest sufferers. Here, her younger sibling Sophie reveals the heartbreak of ‘losing’ Becks to the cruel disease ✔ Mum took one look at her and arranged for her to be seen by the same consultant who had treated her brother ✔ Every pound raised through Memory Walk will help provide vital information and support, improve care, fund research and create lasting change for people affected by the disease


Breaking News by Alan Rusbridger review – the remaking of journalism and why it matters now

9/1/2018, 6:50:32 AM
The former Guardian editor details a revolution in journalism. Can it still perform its vital, truth-telling role? ✔ Truth is a small word liable to sanctimonious overuse and philosophical dispute, but in its humblest sense of accurate and verifiable information we like to think we know it when we see it ✔ George Orwell noted that advertising tended to exercise an indirect censorship over the editorial matter, though its influence was more complicated than he perhaps understood


Clive James on his epic new poem: ‘The story of a mind heading into oblivion’

9/1/2018, 5:13:15 AM
In and out of hospital, the writer felt compelled to write something new – an epic, with himself as the hero ✔ But unless I miss my guess, even the best and most beautiful things about Heaven are here now, or were here just recently ✔ If you would like your comment to be considered for inclusion on Weekend magazine’s letters page in print, please email weekend@theguardian.com, including your name and address (not for publication)


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