How Patrick found his future on his own doorstep
The front door swung open at our Airbnb outside Killarney, and the smiling owner ushered us inside. “Leave your bags here,” he said. “Come have a cup of tea.” Almost […]
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Life after the presidency: What’s lies in store for the Talking Yam?
One day, this miserable period in US political history will be behind us. Winters will come and go, giving way to springs and summers, and autumns that will once […]
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Simon says: Dinner’s served in remotest Namibia
It is 7:30 on a Sunday night at the Kapika Lodge on the northern Namibia-Angola border. Half a dozen tables are set for the 19 guests, tastefully decked out with […]
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Away We Go! (and the kids come too)
Kendrick was 14 months when he left the U.S. Tigger was nine. Rose and Anthony took their sons, Emile and Filou, out of school in Canada when they were 10 […]
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In Istanbul, a life on hold as terrorism grips city
(The world is once again reeling from a series of terrorist attacks targeting major cities. Three suicide bombers in Brussels on Tuesday killed 34 people and injured more than 125 […]
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From the corporate jungle to the Nicaraguan jungle: One woman’s journey
Cynthia Nevin Hoen used to start her days long before the sun came up, exercising to pre-empt the day’s stress. Arriving in her New Jersey office at 6am, she’d deal […]
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