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Barbarians, barriers and Brexit: How Hadrian's Wall pointed to the future
Walking this ancient barrier, you get other thoughts, too. About other walls.
- by Nick Miller
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USA
In San Francisco, the skateboard is mightier than the gun
It had been barely a week since I'd relocated to the United States and I was already standing in a park with a gun pointed at my face.
- by Rachel Olding
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I could get used to this pomp and ceremony
For centuries the Lord Mayor of London’s banquets, held in this 280 year-old Grade-I listed building, have been among the fanciest do’s in the land.
- by Nick Miller
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Iraq
I spent 15 years in and out of war zones. This is how it changed me
Sydney Morning Herald and Age photographer Kate Geraghty reflects after her most recent venture into the teeth of the Islamic State.
- by Kate Geraghty
Indonesia
Postcard: What is the tackiest souvenir that Bali has to offer?
After avoiding Bali's souvenir shops for months, I decided it was time to confront them head on - and find the tackiest souvenir I could.
- by James Massola
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Stark climate policies on offer at this election but will voters bite?
If our politicians are supposed to be driven by polls and focus groups, why is that climate change isn't a policy that attracts bi-partisan or even tri-partisan support?
- by Peter Hannam
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Prince's Paisley Park: there's money to be made from grief
While there's clearly a huge demand for Prince-themed tourism, some Minneapolis locals believe the commercialisation of his memory has gone too far.
- by Matthew Knott
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Random thoughts from (a lot) of airport lounges
Everyone has had a terrible airport experience. For south-east Asia correspondent James Massola, some are just boring. Others have been truly horrifying.
- by James Massola
USA
In Savannah, a city struggles to confront its past
A statue on the riverfront in Savannah speaks volumes about the Southern city's painful history.
- by Rachel Olding
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Postcard: 'Tourists stop eating here if they see so much garbage'
Stretches of those beaches, from Nusa Dua, Kuta to Canggu, are now often covered in rubbish – drawing the sort of headlines that no tourism mecca would want
- by Amilia Rosa
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What would Suharto think of Indonesia's 2019 election?
When I started covering politics in 1997, no one paid any attention to the actual elections. How things have changed in Indonesia.
- by Karuni Rompies