Why do tourists climb?
“Why do tourists climb?” I wondered on my way up the narrow staircase of Milan’s Gothic Duomo. I thought back to my experiences clambering up the Eiffel Tower in the rain, traversing unregulated cliffs...
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In Oslo recently I saw several odd buses barrelling down the streets. There was a rickety black one with the phrase “The Beginning of … Read the rest of this entry »
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The Ferris wheel has come a long way since 1893, when George Ferris Jr. engineered the first 80-metre-tall attraction in Chicago. Back then, it was a dangerous contraption that drew thrill-seekers...
View ArticleWhen it comes to bogus health reporting and policy, it really is a small world
The morning started late at the United Nations conference centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On the gated compound—surrounded by muddy roads, and a mash-up of steel huts, unfinished buildings and...
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