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City Hall in Cork, which has become a city of roistering jazz and film festivals. Pictures: PATRICIA MCCRACKEN

Slouching in Irish Mammy’s slippers

Potato power still rules in the lush green pastures and rolling hills of Cork, writes Patricia McCracken

‘Ravioli of Nepal’ packs energy you need for its mountains

Scenic Nepal offers a lot for the adrenaline junkies. Picture: BAS DE VOS

Nepal has the prefect answer for energy-starved adventurers — the momo, writes Bas de Vos

If the crowds want bread, give them chocolate too

Michael de Klerk, left and Anthony Gird, co-founders of Honest Chocolate.  Picture: HONEST CHOCOLATE

It was not too difficult for the founders of Honest Chocolate to convince the community to contribute towards a chocolate-themed café

Back to the days of the Royal Hotel

The reservations manager of the Royal Hotel in Durban, Kisten Naidoo, has worked at the landmark establishment for  more than three decades and is delighted with new developments. Picture: RAJESH JANTILAL

From its early days, Durban’s Royal Hotel has established itself as a place of both revelry and serious business, writes Patricia McCracken

Quiet American who saved the Thai silk industry but not himself

The view from Thompson House and the canal of the compound where the legendary spy Jim Thompson’s workers toiled to make the silk products sold to high society from across the world. Picture: KEN BARRETT

Jim Thompson vanished during an afternoon walk in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands one day in 1967, and the rest, they say, is mystery, writes Blaise Hopkinson

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WINE: Cape awash with honest, ‘handmade’ artefacts

Well-crafted examples deliver relatively instant gratification and sell for R100 a bottle or less, writes Michael Fridjhon


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