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Read more: 144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.144. Shanghai, you magnificent overachiever.
If cities were supermodels, Shanghai would be the impossibly tall, other-worldly beauty, all height, confidence and angles, with silky molasses-coloured hair, improbably bright blue eyes, flawless skin. The kind of presence you simply can’t look away from. I was struck by her scale and shine. There’s a palpable sense of pride in what’s been built.…
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16. Morning. Hotel du Petit Moulin
Read more: 16. Morning. Hotel du Petit Moulin
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15. It’s not the future any more
Read more: 15. It’s not the future any moreI had heard about the architect Zaha Hadid’s practice before but , until yesterday, I’d never spent an hour in the presence of her genius. While out walking in the languid Paris drizzle yesterday, we saw a massive white capsule in front of the Institut du Monda Arabe and, upon closer inspection, saw that it…
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14. Rugby I can relate to
Read more: 14. Rugby I can relate toIt’s quite fantastic that I find myself in France on the eve of the big game. There’s nothing particularly in the news about the weekend’s final, but there’s plenty volunteered on the boulevards / in the shops / in the bistros when my country of origin is revealed. How about that? I came 10 000…
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13. Smart parking?
Read more: 13. Smart parking?I’m not sure Marianne Faithful would have ever been inspired to sing about driving through Paris in a Smart Car, but I do have to say they actually seem like a smart choice here. Not a lotta room for your four wheels that’s for sure. There is some quite extraordinary feats of parking around the…
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12. Spot the secret royal at the Eiffel Tower today
Read more: 12. Spot the secret royal at the Eiffel Tower today
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11. Pretending to be an intellectual
Read more: 11. Pretending to be an intellectualI love pretending to be an intellectual. I’ve done it since I first went flatting in Wellington at 19. I never do it in the privacy of my own home of course. But it’s so nice to be Extremely Engaged and Interesting when somewhere that has an Intellectual aspect to it. It’s very easy to…
Secret Royalty On Tour 