Cabin fever: on board the Ruby Princess
On day three, a passenger had a sore throat. Things spiralled from there.
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Fifty years, four strangers
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Change but the sun still rises
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Don’t stand so close to me
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Sleep with the fishes
Watch the aquatic life then drift off under the sea in this unique new accommodation on the Great Barrier Reef.
Do we still need International Women’s Day?
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Send in the clown
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From a yellow bloom, hope blossomed
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