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View image of shad bake, fish nailed to slabs of wood, Connecticut (Credit: Credit: Ashley Winchester) Food & Hospitality The fish that 'won' a revolution Shad bakes are a dance of heat and timing that have been going on for generations up and down the East Coast of the United States for more than 100 years. New England Food & Drink Heritage
View image of Studies show that living near the water is correlated with higher levels of happiness Adventure & Experience Is this the happiest place in Britain? Scotland's Outer Hebrides can be rainy, remote and cold – yet their inhabitants rank as the happiest people in the UK. What is their secret? Scotland Britain
View image of Berlin, Germany, Brandenburg Gate (Credit: Credit: Joachim Messerschmidt/Getty Images) Culture & Identity The myth behind German efficiency In fact, German efficiency is a myth, with roots in religion, nationalism, enlightenment thought and a few major wars. Germany History
View image of Signal Hill, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada (Credit: Credit: Wayne Barrett & Anne MacKay/Getty Images) Adventure & Experience Where wireless communication was born Guglielmo Marconi was instantly a name known around the world, comparable today perhaps to Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Jobs. Canada History Technology
View image of Prague, Cathedral Church of Sts Cyril and Methodius (Credit: Credit: Radim Beznoska/Alamy) Adventure & Experience A Prague church that defied Nazi rule The killing of Reinhard Heydrich, a key architect of the Final Solution, was one of the greatest acts of wartime resistance in occupied Europe. Prague Churches & Temples History
View image of isolated villages, Fiji’s outer islands (Credit: Credit: Don Mammoser/Alamy) Food & Hospitality A village that needs approval to enter In Fiji’s isolated villages, custom holds that a visitor needs to ask permission to enter by offering a tangled bundle of kava roots as sevusevu, a gesture of respect. Australia and Pacific Hospitality
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