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April 12, 2021

Farewell Joe Porcelli

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” – St Francis

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April 9, 2021

The heroic tale of the WanderSafe wonder woman

“I made the tough call, and I am pleased to inform you that the prognosis is positive, the pain has been removed and I will walk again, on robotic feet.“

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People

April 7, 2021

Sergei Bozhok, the correspondent who got away

There may be no full moon in Paris tonight in the hauntingly aching words of Marianne Faithful but I suspect a figurative one at least has arrived early in Vladisvostok.

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People

April 4, 2021

How a chocolate called Pauline tells us that dumbing down in travel retail is a mistake

This underlines one of the key dilemmas facing travel retail as the sector emerges battered and bruised from the pandemic. Should consolidation of ranges spell the exclusion of new and exciting products such as Les Chocolats de Pauline?

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People

March 31, 2021

#Changedestiny – How Rikako Ikee returned to The Center Lane

“Now there’s a second Rikako Ikee – the leukemia survivor. I’m now capable of empathising with so many people. The very fact that I’m alive is in itself an immense experience.”

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People

March 20, 2021

Arise Sunil Tuli, man of steel

Unless Sunil’s own extreme magnetism sets off the airport metal detector, the titanium plate will not.

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People

March 14, 2021

Giving the all-clear to a new form of frontline face mask

“I lip-read a lot and I watch people’s mouths. So when people have masks on, I can’t lip-read. I have to say, ‘Please can you stand back and take off your mask’ because it’s impossible.”

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Food

January 13, 2021

Catching up with old friends for a last tango and the perfect re-torte

Through some exquisite contemporary design and advanced techniques, Arte by Padaria turns the humble cake into a culinary and artistic masterpiece.

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People

January 9, 2021

TVA in place but now free of duty – thank you and farewell Mr Danzka

‘If you only walk on sunny days you’ll never reach your destination.’ Over a near 50-year career, Torben has walked on plenty of both and cruelly, his final year in business coincided with the stormiest of them all.

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Miscellaneous

December 29, 2020

A silver-ferned devil in Hong Kong and a breath of fresh Presidential air at TFWA

What a difference a change of President makes. No, I’m not talking the US where sometime between now and Jo Biden’s inauguration day, Donald Trump will finally be prised like a limpet from a rock out of the White House.

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Quirky

December 15, 2020

How ARI’s resident ‘Andy man’ created an international DIY gin distillery

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world he walked into his own. Here’s your chance to win a bottle of gin of your choice while applauding distil-it-yourself in-gin-uity.

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People

September 25, 2020

Booting out biblical references unfit for a civilised society

Bravo Becky Paskin. I am proud that you are our partner on World of Spirits, an event that will welcome women and men from all over the world but will bar sexism from entering the door.

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People

August 31, 2020

COVID-struck but Wild Tiger’s Wild Cat will roar again soon

Get well Gautom (and Vinaya), we need you roaring again and your seemingly inexhaustible supply of bad tiger puns flowing again like the Wild Tiger Rum on a good night out.

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