TRACKS – Travel Documentaries (June 15, 2024): British Columbia’s Central Coast, is a region renowned for its remote and awe-inspiring landscapes. From beautiful coastal islands to towering glacial ice fields, there is much to be seen of the Vancouver Islands.
The documentary starts at Johnston Strait before moving further north to the Queen Charlotte Strait and the Broughton Archipelago, coming across stunning natural landscapes and historical sites of the First Nations peoples.
They’ve been linked to reproductive disorders and cancers. Why are they still being marketed so aggressively to Black women?
The Woman Who Could Smell Parkinson’s
She first noticed the scent on her husband. Now her abilities are helping unlock new research in early disease detection.
The Interview – The Darker Side of Julia Louis-Dreyfus
At some point in almost every performance she gives, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has this look. If you’ve watched “Seinfeld,” “The New Adventures of Old Christine” or “Veep,” you know it — the perfect mix of irritation and defiance. As if she were saying, Try me.
Ryan Shirley Films (June 9, 2024): Namibia, a country in southwest Africa, is distinguished by the Namib Desert along its Atlantic Ocean coast. It is home to diverse wildlife, including a significant cheetah population.
The capital, Windhoek, and coastal town Swakopmund contain German colonial-era buildings such as Windhoek’s Christuskirche, built in 1907. In the north, Etosha National Park’s salt pan draws game including rhinos and giraffes.
DW Euromaxx (June 8, 2024): The Grand Bazaar is a must-see for visitors to the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul. The market, Kapalı Çarşı in Turkish, is one of the oldest bazaars in the world and the largest in Europe.
CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:33 What is special about the Grand Bazaar? 01:30 What is sold in the Grand Bazaar? 02:31 What is the story of the Grand Bazaar? 03:51 How many people visit the Grand Bazaar? 04:08 What is a fun fact about the Grand Bazaar? 04:57 How do you bargain in the Grand Bazaar?
In our new episode of “Epic Record Setters,” we answer the most frequently googled questions about the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Country Life Magazine (June 4, 2024): The latest issue features Britain’s Wildlife Safaris; Tulips, tanks and teddies – The great passions….
Stuff and nonsense
Collectors explain their peculiar passions, from tanks to taxidermy, tulips to teddy bears, to Kate Green, Agnes Stamp, Tiffany Daneff and Octavia Pollock
A walk on the wild side
Ben Lerwill embarks on a great British safari, seeking out the best places to witness the full colour of Nature, from red deer to golden eagles and brown argus butterflies to grey seals
Standing on ceremony
The spectacle of The King’s Birthday Parade will summon up a vision from a bygone age, suggests Simon Doughty, as he chronicles the evolution of the ceremonial uniform
Beccy Speight’s favourite painting
The CEO of the RSPB chooses a dramatic and evocative work
Crossing the channel
Carla Carlisle reflects on the 80th anniversary of D-Day and wonders ‘what comes next?’
A Georgian vision
John Martin Robinson visits Gatewick in West Sussex and finds a modern country house harbouring an 18th-century spirit
The legacy
Kate Green hails F. M. Halford’s contribution to dry-fly fishing
The longest day and the shortest night
Harvest hopes and the magic of midsummer, with Lia Leendertz
Her green and pleasant land
Mary Miers paints a picture of Peggy Guggenheim’s rural idyll
Fresh as a summer breeze
Natasha Goodfellow picks out botanicals to add complexity and character to both food and drink
Interiors
A lambing shed turned home office wows Arabella Youens
London Life
Russell Higham on London Zoo memories)
Garden squares and gasholders
Gilly Hopper tucks into canal-side dining
Nick Foulkes indulges in The Emory experience
Floreat Etona
Education and horticulture still go hand in hand at Eton in Berkshire, as George Plumptre discovers
Kitchen garden cook
Savour tart gooseberries this summer, says Melanie Johnson
Native herbs
John Wright extols the virtues of the underused wild marjoram
The good stuff
Hetty Lintell’s deck-shoe shuffle
Travel
Emma Love sets sail on luxury yachts
Lauren Ho puts her best foot forward in Zambia
Pamela Goodman aces it
A little to the left
Being left-handed is no barrier to greatness, finds Bernard Bale
As Blind Veterans UK pays its own special tribute to survivors of the D-Day operation, Octavia Pollock puts words to Richard Cannon’s poignant photographs
‘Plans are worthless, but planning is everything’
Allan Mallinson examines the key role that country houses played in preparations for D-Day, aided by well-stocked wine cellars and countesses in the canteen
‘Because it’s there’: the Mallory and Irvine mystery
Was the 1924 British Everest Expedition a success or failure? Robin Ashcroft takes a broad perspective as he sifts through a century of speculation
There’s no place like home
In the first of four articles, Annunciata Elwes investigates how flexible working has opened up the North to City commuters
Country Life International
Holly Kirkwood explores the Balearic Islands — the life and sol of the Mediterranean Sea
Growing in stature
Chelsea provides many magic moments for Tiffany Daneff, who finds inspiring gardens on Main Avenue and in the Great Pavilion
Native herbs
John Wright raises a glass to hops, that stalwart ingredient of the ale-brewing industry
The late Sir Andrew Davis’s favourite painting
Before his death last month, the celebrated conductor selected a compelling and inspiring work
Elegant and congruous
In the second of two articles, John Goodall charts the recent history of Hartland Abbey, Devon
The legacy
Kate Green reveals Thomas Darley’s role in the story of the English Thoroughbred horse
Empire protest
A Passage to India reflects the rising tensions of the British Raj. Matthew Dennison revisits the masterpiece 100 years on
‘Nature is nowhere as great as in its smallest creatures’
John Lewis-Stempel marvels at the variety of microscopic wild-life that calls tree bark home
Luxury
Hetty Lintell serves up a new tennis collection, plus Heston Blumenthal’s favourite things
Interiors
A bright, colourful drawing room and Alidad at Wow!house
Spring-fed genius
Charles Quest-Ritson reveals how springs have shaped Selehurst garden in the West Sussex Weald
Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson celebrates sweet and juicy strawberries
Achilles healed
The ancient Greeks harnessed its medicinal powers, but yarrow now has a role to play in modern agriculture, discovers Ian Morton
The darling buds of May
May Morris is finally stepping out of the shadow of her famous father, William — and not before time, argues Huon Mallalieu
DW Travel (May 26, 2024): A trip alone along the Rhine, one of Europe’s longest rivers, featuring wild waterfalls, romantic castles and palaces, and the many legends about the river, like the Loreley. Wine regions, half-timbered houses and big cities like Cologne and Düsseldorf lie on the shores of the Rhine
Video timeline: 00:00 Intro 00:26 Source in Graubünden, Switzerland 00:34 Lake Constance, Germany, Lindau, Mainau island, Meersburg, Constance 01:21 Rhine Falls in Schaffhausen, Switzerland 01:48 Basel, Switzerland 02:00 Strasbourg, France 02:34 Speyer, Germany 02:43 Ludwigshafen and Mannheim 03:05 Worms 03:27 Mainz 03:55 Upper Middle Rhine Valley 05:45 Koblenz 05:59 Bonn 06:26 Drachenburg Castle 06:42 Cologne 07:00 Düsseldorf 07:16 Netherlands, Rotterdam
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