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From Datong to Doncaster
Posted on: Monday, November 21, 2011 Category: Cultures

Journeys lull the mind into journeys of its own, the hypnotic rhythm of trains being particularly effective at transporting the memory. It was June, 2010 and my partner and I were sitting on the 0833 from Datong to Beijing in northern China.

At the same time I was sitting in the lounge of a suburban house in South Yorkshire in the late 1960s. My mother was sweeping the carpet and I was lifting my feet so she could reach beneath my armchair.

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Durham and the legacy of King Coal
Posted on: Thursday, November 03, 2011 Category: Cultures

There is history and pain as well as a dour beauty in the stretch of England's east coast between Sunderland and Teesside. 'I knew miners who remembered the '26 strike,' said Trevor Stephenson, ex-coalminer. 'They told me they found little ledges along the cliffs here and planted tatties and vegetables to keep themselves going.'

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Cuba's revolutionary road
Posted on: Saturday, July 23, 2011 Category: Cultures

The ten whirring ceiling fans made little impact on the humid air, which felt as sludgy as the bottom of an espresso cup. It was the live music that sliced through the torpor.

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