Posts Tagged "british"
Jordan’s green crusade
With all the Roman ruins and Petra, it’s tempting to focus on Jordan’s historic sites, but its nature reserves and their chic eco-lodges shouldn’t be missed Yellow grit, the depressing mesh fences of army barracks, and long chains of oil tankers coming in from Saudi Arabia. This was the Middle East as imagined by people who don’t know anything about the Middle East, and there had been nothing else in hours.
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Jordan’s green crusade
Brits Bemoan The Hotel Extras
Charges for water, Wi-Fi and car parking top the least wanted list British travellers resent having to pay for hotel extras, according to research…
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Brits Abroad Breaking Driving Laws
Almost 6.5 million British adults (14%) are planning to take their cars abroad over the next 12 months, according to new research from Sainsbury&rsquo…
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Saudi ban on Moroccan women is a stereotype too far | Nesrine Malik
In banning Moroccan women from a pilgrimage in case they are prostitutes, Saudi Arabia is failing in its Islamic duties We all like to stereotype. Whether it’s about different regions in a country or other countries, we all indulge in a bit of reductionism and comic typecasting.
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Saudi ban on Moroccan women is a stereotype too far | Nesrine Malik
Restaurant review: Koffmann’s | Allan Jenkins |
With Pierre Koffmann at the stove and Simon Hopkinson at the table, it was always going to be a lunch to remember The Berkeley, Wilton Place, London SW1 (020 7235 1010). Three-course lunch £22.50; à la carte for two with good-value wine £150 I am sat in a happy sandwich. On one side, sharing my corner table at Koffmann’s, is good egg and great cook Simon Hopkinson.
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Restaurant review: Koffmann’s | Allan Jenkins |