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The untold story of the Chinese Americans who helped create Yosemite

NEPS — Wed, 15 May 2024 12:02:58 +0000

By Rachel Chang

From the park’s mountain peaks to its winding roads to its wood-panelled buildings, Chinese American history is everywhere in Yosemite – if you know where to look.

Hidden beyond the iconic Half Dome monolith, about a 90-minute drive north-east from Yosemite Valley, a quiet section of Yosemite National Park emerges.

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Walking London’s unsung waterway: the River Lea rises again

NEPS — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:13:25 +0000

Walking a 26-mile stretch from Hertfordshire, our writer witnesses how a neglected artery of the city has been transformed into a recreational and cultural hub

Stephen Emms

or centuries the Lea has been a vital artery for London, carrying drinking water and grain into the city and servicing the factories and gunpowder mills that grew up along its banks.… Read the rest

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A street food tour of Genoa

NEPS — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 15:17:16 +0000

Laura Coffey

From fluffy focaccia to creamy pànera, local Michelin-starred chef Ivano Ricchebono introduces our writer to a taste of the Italian port city

enoa-born chef Ivano Ricchebono looks like a Hollywood actor playing a chef in a movie. His restaurant The Cook is in a 14th-century palazzo in the old town, and as I step into the dining room I stop and stare – the entire place is covered with frescoes.

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I’ll level with you – I truly love Britain’s flat landscapes

NEPS — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:47:06 +0000

Shingle beach, drained farmland or a bare plain under huge skies; flat spaces distort distance and make me want to run and yell

Noreen Masud

f you visit the flat fenlands of Cambridgeshire on a clear day, and walk along the ruler-lined channels and droves, you might – if you’re lucky – see a freight train pulling itself out of the horizon like a conjuror’s endless scarf.

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Just for Christmas: the Harrogate pub that becomes the Sleigh & Reindeers

NEPS — Mon, 25 Dec 2023 06:11:30 +0000

Kevin Rushby

alk through a North Yorkshire spa town, then pop in to the Victorian baths before a pint and top-notch food at this festively renamed old pub

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