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Luxury travel updates for 2023
thetimes.co.uk > article...It was in 2018, on a voyage to the Antarctic, that Indré Rockefeller saw the effect that climate change was having on our globe.... ...She had just launched Paravel, a luggage label, with her friend, Andy Krantz, and realised that if they were to be part of the solution to reduce... ...Not only are the bags made of upcycled and recycled materials (EcoCraft Canvas and Negative Nylon made from old plastic bottles, recycled vegan leather... ...Train travel is not only romantic but, as he put it, "If a train is large and comfortable you don't even need a destination."...
Take a Galapagos cruise to the beginning of the Earth
thetimes.co.uk > article...Stephanie Rafanelli sails into a world unchanged for millions of years on the high-tech green expedition ship Silver Origin.... ...On the threshold of the volatile multimillion-year-old geographic hotspot that inspired Charles Darwin to formulate On the Origin of Species, Wolf... ...The wonder of our 7-day, 540 nautical mile journey to floating semi-desertscapes that could have been dreamt up by Salvador Dalí or Edgar Allan Poe... ...The sleek 331ft-long Silver Origin, only the second purpose-built, destination-specific expedition ship in the Galapagos, and Silversea's first,...
12 of the best hotels in Windsor
thetimes.co.uk > travel > destinations > uk > england > windsor...or pay their respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II at St George's Chapel.... ...And that's before you've even thought about exploring the history of the town or visiting Windsor Castle.... ...The living room of the Royal Suite at Fairmont Windsor Park. Fairmont Windsor Park, Old Windsor.... ...De Vere Beaumont Estate (Booking.com). De Vere Beaumont Estate, Old Windsor....
Fentanyl has killed 100,000 Americans. Is Europe next? | World
thetimes.co.uk > article...Belgium is on the front line of the new drugs war, as the main entry point for narcotics arriving from Latin America, and its customs chief says... ...Europe has been warned that a flood of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has killed more than 100,000 people in the United States, is heading this...
Portugal's hotel hot spots
thetimes.co.uk > article...The rooms are compact but cosy, all pale wood, walls and linens, lit with brass and leather lamps by the Florentine designer Michele Bonan.... ...Last year Portugal was the fourth biggest tourist destination in Europe. We review three of its luxury openings. The intimate city townhouse.... ...Pato Vinha Pan.... ...Lisa Grainger. The swanky new grande dame....
The world's best new museums (and where to stay)
thetimes.co.uk > article...de Commerce Pinault Collection by Tadao Ando in Paris or the M+ Museum by Herzog & de Meuron in Hong Kong -- keep on coming.... ...Lisa Johnson recommends four of the finest.... ...Pendry Manhattan West. The International African American Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.... ...Nearly half of all the African slaves who entered the United States came through Charleston, says Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates....
Eleanor Keenan, 75: Plain-speaking, popular Irish singer who tried ...
thetimes.co.uk > article...She fronted the Syd Lawrence Orchestra, the Len Phillips Big Band and the like, her strong voice -- and personality -- an equal match for the supporting... ...Standing proud, wide blue Irish eyes fixed on her audience, the big band singer Eleanor Keenan adored her role on stage, and the audience adored...
Finn Russell: I admire Owen Farrell - I expected England to pick him ...
thetimes.co.uk > article...It is easy to pigeonhole Finn Russell and Owen Farrell as being polar opposites.... ...I admire Owen Farrell -- I expected England to pick him at fly half.... ...bench behind Dan Biggar for the crucial third Lions Test in South Africa.... ...Russell, the Scotland fly half, is positively effusive when it comes to his relationship with the Saracen, a man over whom he was selected to the...
Wales vs Ireland: Johnny Sexton's farewell tour is one full of ...
thetimes.co.uk > article...Every first question, rather tiresomely, goes: Well Johnny, how do you feel about playing your last game in Cardiff? Or Rome, or wherever.... ...Johnny Sexton hasn't confirmed absolutely that this will be his final Six Nations but the 37-year-old's reasons for vagueness are probably just practical... ...Besides, if he were asked to consider his record against Wales, or just his record in Cardiff, there is simply too much to get through....