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Bangkok stopover | take me to the river | klongs on song

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Brainy and cheeky. Witty and inventive. Always smoking hot.

A longtail boat ride along the canals of Bangkok’s Chao Phraya River is a reward for the culturally curious The experience travellers have in Bangkok is very much determined by where they stay. Sky bars, glitzy malls, floating markets, royal palaces, ornate temples, sitting or reclining buddhas, award-winning restaurants – chances are you’ll go places…

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Collectable indigenous art | welcome to country | Australian canvas

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Indigenous Australian artists have forged one of the most globally significant art movements. So, asks Susan Skelly, where does a collector start? At Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art this past spring, the work of Kuninjku artist John Mawurndjul had viewers criss-crossing its galleries as each new wall spied diverted attention from the last. The artist from…

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Marrakech museums | Couture culture | YSL legacy

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Cool, understated elegance that belies inner sparkle and sizzle.

A public garden, two museums, cultural spaces … Yves Saint Laurent says thanks for the memories. Rarely does a guest say “Thank you for having me” quite so generously as Yves Saint Laurent did to Morocco. The French couturier and his long-time partner, Pierre Bergé, bequeathed to Marrakech a public garden (Jardin Majorelle), and two…

An overwater bure at the Anantara Kihavah resort in the Maldives
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Maldives magic | one-off wonderland | designer paradise

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Sexy and glamorous. Red carpet ready. Did someone say 'rescue fantasy'?

Stargazing, underwater dining, art classes, and swimming with manta rays sets one Maldivian destination apart. In the Maldives some things are a given: powdery sand, turquoise water, coral reefs, kaleidoscopic fish, dolphins, starry nights. What, then, are the points of difference in paradise? Unique selling points might be exclusive sandbars for sunset cocktails (Soneva Fushi);…

Susan Skelly road tests the new Ferrari Portofino V8 GT in 2018
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What’s hot about the new Ferrari | luxury on wheels | Portofino playground

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Hey, hit the highway in a sporty car with both muscle and manners The new Ferrari is named after Excess All Area’s favourite playground: Portofino, near Genoa, in Italy. And there’s synchronicity – both of them hot, cliff-hugging and heaven on a stick. And, like a Paraggi Beach concierge, so good looking! The curvy Old…

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For whom Bell toiled | phone a friend | Best Canadian Maritimes museums

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There was more to Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell than the telephone, as one Canadian museum reveals If you wanted a speed date with Canadian history, the museums of the Maritimes provinces on the east coast of Canada would probably have you swiping right. Dedicated to everything from buried treasure, fishing and explosions, to Anne…

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The getting of wisdom | what mentors teach | game-changing advice

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Charisma and character - and just a little bit game-changing. Action!

Embrace fear. Know how much debt you can live with. Be honest about what you don’t know … gritty advice from mentors can be career game-changers. SUSAN SKELLY talks to four trailblazing women about passing the baton. LAYNE BEACHLEY Seven times a world champion, it was inevitable that Manly’s number one surfer girl would become a…

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The gold standard | Dubai deluxe | palatial stopovers

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The world’s most gilt-edged stopover? Nowhere is it easier to luxuriate in the good life than in Dubai where food, opulent surroundings and self indulgence are the order of the day. Susan Skelly strikes gold A digital board at the entrance to the gold souk in Dubai’s old Deira district displays the day’s trading price…

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Driven by design | shape of things to come | award winners

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Electric violins, bioreactors, stethoscopes, and chairs that weigh less than a chihuahua  …  just some of the designs winning gold at this year’s iF Design Awards. Design, what it is and who does it? Is a designer an artist, architect, engineer, technologist, psychologist, or avant-garde stylist…? Is the point of design to make things look…

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