California’s Pigeon Point Lighthouse Makes for an Illuminating Stay

This iconic 19th-century building is now a so-so hostel but it’s still worth staying for the hot tub, dramatic setting and incredible lighthouse itself
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Following the "Queen of the Desert" in Turkey

Gertrude Bell was a British archaeologist, spy, political administrator & polymath who left an indelible mark on the political landscape of the Middle East.
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19th-Century Artists Predict the Year 2000

Whimsical illustrations by French artist Jean-Marc Côté and his colleagues that attempted to predict what the world would look like in the year 2000.
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Syrian Author Finds 'The Arab Of The Future' In His Own Past

Riad Sattouf is a Syrian-French cartoonist who brings to life the Middle East in the 1980s. Published as a graphic novel, it provides a humorous and intimate view of the author's youth.
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Will Trudeau Transform Canada into a Green Energy Superpower?

Clean Energy Canada urges Trudeau to transform Canada into a green energy superpower — and to tap into a global renewables trade racing towards the $1 trillion mark.
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Magical Realism on Drugs: Colombian History in Netflix’s Narcos

Seen through the eyes of Steven Murphy, the DEA agent whose voice-over narrates the new Netflix series Narcos, Colombia appears to viewers all over the world as a land of sicarios (hired young assassins), putas (whores), and malparidos (the fucked-up). In short, Colombia becomes the quintessential Macondo of Gabriel García Márquez.
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Untangling the web of fear around spiders

RN producer Kerry Stewart has been known to run out of rooms and jump on chairs at the sight of eight-legged creatures. In an attempt to cure her arachnophobia she heads into the bowels of the Australian Museum to untangle the web of myths, legends and hang-ups that surround spiders.
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