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Steve Meacham is a freelance writer.

This Christmas, Keira and Hugh take us from Love Actually to mass murder, actually
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This Christmas, Keira and Hugh take us from Love Actually to mass murder, actually

It’s been 21 years since the two combined to conjure the most loved Christmas movie of the 21st century, but now they have turned to a new “blood and baubles” genre.

  • by Steve Meacham

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Seeing the outback from above is an experience like no other

Seeing the outback from above is an experience like no other

I’ve been ballooning several times before. But never under a balloon as big as this.

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How a priceless instrument was lost to the world after a boozy night out

How a priceless instrument was lost to the world after a boozy night out

The story behind the disappearance and re-emergence of the so-called ‘Mozart clarinet’ is a tale of intrigue - and carelessness.

  • by Steve Meacham
The hulking monolith that’s now a must-see highlight of London

The hulking monolith that’s now a must-see highlight of London

It’s London’s newest old attraction – the restored and repurposed Battersea Power Station, a hulking great 1930s brick monster.

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Dundee is a scottish city worth a detour for its rich design heritage

Dundee is a scottish city worth a detour for its rich design heritage

Dundee, a former UNESCO City of Design, has reinvented itself. It's now a self-declared "Boom City" with one of the biggest and best teaching hospitals in the UK.

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Giant of broadcasting ensured ‘best ever’ Sydney Olympics coverage

Giant of broadcasting ensured ‘best ever’ Sydney Olympics coverage

Veteran TV executive Gary Fenton came to be revered in the Olympic movement for his ability to broadcast a Games.

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Six of the best experiences where the Bronte sisters wrote their novels

Six of the best experiences where the Bronte sisters wrote their novels

A visit to 'Bronte Country' - once home to Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronte, can help you appreciate how lonely the three literary sisters must have been in the bleak midwinter and why they turned their hands to novel writing.

  • by Steve Meacham
The Aussie forest 110 million years older than the Amazon

The Aussie forest 110 million years older than the Amazon

You can’t really explore the Daintree without meeting the people who know it best.

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Daintree rainforest, Queensland: Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre guided walk through the forest older than the Amazon

Daintree rainforest, Queensland: Mossman Gorge Cultural Centre guided walk through the forest older than the Amazon

You can't really explore the Daintree without meeting the people who know it best.

  • by Steve Meacham
Stormy Sydney seas for Shakespeare’s The Tempest

Stormy Sydney seas for Shakespeare’s The Tempest

Who would be crazy enough to perform Shakespeare’s The Tempest at sea in stormy Sydney? The Come You Spirits theatre troupe.

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Bundanon, Arthur Boyd's home in NSW: The artistic gift that keeps giving

Bundanon, Arthur Boyd's home in NSW: The artistic gift that keeps giving

Don't think of The Bridge as a hotel - it's more of a superb architectural and environmental creation.

  • by Steve Meacham

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