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Nothing is as it seems

  • 02 July 2009
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The new Magritte Museum gives William Cook a fresh perspective on Brussels, the capital of surrealism

Spirit of the woods

  • 25 June 2009

Simon Akam experiences the calm of an artists’ retreat in upstate New York with an impressive visitors’ book

Morning, campers

  • 11 June 2009

A Somerset holiday park makes a weirdly enjoyable setting for an indie music festival, finds Dan Hancox

Hardcore birding

  • 04 June 2009

Victoria James heads into the forests of the Scottish Highlands in search of the elusive capercaillie

A collision of cultures

  • 21 May 2009

Oaxaca is home to the weird and the wonderful, including surreal graffiti, spectacular protests and God smoking a joint

Box of delights

  • 14 May 2009
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The seemingly sleepy county town of Bedford hides a treasure trove of art, discovers William Cook

The black lake’s secret

  • 07 May 2009

Once a year, a ritualised walk marks the Irish potato famine

Visiting the Zapatistas

  • 12 March 2009

Fifteen years after declaring war, the Mexican rebels are inviting tourists into their territory

Clerics and elephants

  • 05 March 2009
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Among the Swat Valley’s apple trees and neat lawns, Sam Alexandroni finds war, bloodshed and poetry

Welcome to England

  • 19 February 2009

At the age of 16, Vesna Maric fled the war in her native Bosnia. Here she recalls her arrival as a refugee in Britain

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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