Europe and Middle East

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St Ermin’s Hotel, London

Careless talk costs lives. You never know who is sitting next to you, who is listening. For the chilling core of the 20th Century, Second World War to Cold War, St Ermin’s was the cloak-and-dagger hub of international espionage.

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Insider Guide to Rural Cyprus

I’m on a farm sipping fresh donkey milk and it tastes divine. “Good isn’t it.” Says Pieris Georgiadis, owner of the Golden Donkeys Farm in Skarinou, “less than 3% fat and with micro-biotic properties, unbelievably good for you.”

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Cascades Championship Golf Course, Somabay, Egypt

For fair weather golfers the Cascades Championship Course is the Promised Land for warm winter golf.

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Guide To La Palma

Insider’s guide to La Palma. What a beauty

Considering the talcum powder-fest that is the annual Fiesta de los Indianos had taken place yesterday, the streets of Santa Cruz are looking positively pristine.

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Plate Restaurant at the M by Montcalm Hotel.

Plate Restaurant. Excellent food in techie east London

Plate Restaurant has been created by chef Arnaud Stevens whose pedigree includes Sixtyone and The Gherkin.

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Michael Edwards reviews Hotel Schweizerhof in swanky and beautiful Lucerne

Hotel Schweizerhof. Grandeur in beautiful Lucerne

“Celebrate good times,” sang Kool and the Gang as I enter my spacious dual aspect bedroom.Ornate outsize calligraphy spells out “Celebrate”,

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