TRAVEL – EXPLORE – LEARN
Nowadays it seems every international city must have an art festival (biennale) but Venice is still the jewel in the art world’s crown partly because it held the first – over a hundred years ago – but mainly because of its fabulous setting.
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Dār as-Salām, literally ‘the residence of peace’; or simply Dar, (formerly Mzizima) is the largest city of Tanzania and the largest city in eastern Africa by population, as well as a regionally important economic centre.
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This year marks the 450th birthday of the old bard…better known as William Shakespeare who was born in 1564 and went on to transform the Elizabethan stage with his works, becoming Britain’s national poet and the world’s most performed and translated playwright.
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Nearly 60 years after its supposed occurrence, the UFO crash-landing near Roswell, New Mexico, is still debated, proved, disproved, derided and revered. Despite the “incident” being fodder for the chemically-altered imaginations of computer game nerds and drop-outs (you know who you are) and irrefutable proof of military and political cover-up
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Frequently improvised, the words of calypso songs are witty and humorous and convey popular attitudes on social, political, or economic problems.
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