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Colosseum

In Ancient Rome there were no televisions, no cinemas and no internet to distract the masses. What they had instead was innovation on a grand scale, a monument so astounding that it took ten years, the reign of two successive emperors, and the sweat and toil of 15,000 prisoners of war to complete. Foreign kings and dignitaries flocked to its…

Eating soul food in Harlem

‘New York, New York, so good they named it twice!’  A visit to the City that never sleeps produces the kind of sensory overload that you never forget, especially when the initial destination happens to be Times Square. Like a huge, neon acid trip, the towers of video screens and flashing lights bemuse and baffle in equal measure. But New York isn’t…