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Torn between France and Italy
Lisa Gerard-Sharp is currently exploring quirky stories on the French Riviera and Provence (when not beating up her Mafia-like builders). Lisa will be in Liguria, Venice, Turin and Tuscany in April, covering cookery courses, gardens, Slow Food and arty trails, as well as the Holy Shroud in Turin. Contact Lisa on: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
 
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Dubai in April; well at least that was the idea!! Twice to Gatwick and currently booked for Wednesday morning, which is looking better. Have met with nothing other that courtesy and help from all I have come in contact with, especially Iman at the Qatar Airways desk in Gatwick North Terminal. All interviews with Luxe editor, two photographers, PRs at Atlantis and Burg Khalifa rearranged, Hatta Fort Hotel, as is opening of Armani...
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"On my first visit, in 1983, the roads were empty except for heavy trucks, black government limos and battalions of bicycles. Today the roads are clogged with cars that the Chinese drive like bicycles. It is not that they are aggressive, just that, like cyclists, they seem reluctant to stop for fear of wobbling and falling off. Driving in China is a series of collisions that you never quite have." 

© Peter Hughes, Beijing, Vanity Fair, 2006

 

 

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