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See the World on Regent Street this Sunday

Wednesday, 8 May 2013   Miscellaneous   By Dom Stapleton
See the World on Regent Street this Sunday

If you’ve been reading our blog, you might get the impression that we love experiencing different cultures from around the world. Well, that’s because we do! And if you do too, you can come and join us at the World on Regent Street in London this Sunday.

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6 undiscovered creatures from around the world

Tuesday, 9 April 2013   Animals and beasts   By Nick Heady
6 undiscovered creatures from around the world

Every year, around the world, more and more strange beings are found for the first time. Usually these discoveries are simply different species of insect but sometimes, just sometimes, scientists find a new type of rat.

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Ryugyong Hotel: Is this the world’s strangest hotel?

Tuesday, 26 February 2013   Sights and smells   By Michael Goldberg
Ryugyong Hotel: Is this the world's strangest hotel?

Whenever I see pictures of this building, the first thing that comes to mind is “who the hell dreamt this up?!” Although, seeing as this modern-day pyramid is the product of the secretive North Korean government, I must accept that my question will forever go unanswered.

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7 Christmas traditions: Crackers

Thursday, 20 December 2012   Cultures and traditions   By Lizzie Brooks
7 Christmas traditions: Crackers

Christmas is a time of tradition and ritual, such as singing “We wish you a merry Christmas” to the Christmas pudding as it emerges, alight, into the dining room… (OK, so that’s a personal tradition, but I have only just found this out. I thought everyone did this up until last year!)

Every day until Christmas Day, we will explain where and why a Christmas tradition came about. Today, crackers!

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The world’s oddest statues and sculptures

Tuesday, 28 August 2012   Sights and smells   By Dom Stapleton
The world's oddest statues and sculptures

The Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer, Michelangelo’s David – they’ve got nothing on these! After extensive research (a bit of Googling), I’ve found what I regard to be some of the world’s oddest statues and sculptures… You’ll be surprised by how many obscene statues there are out there, too. But I’m afraid you’ll have to look them up in your own time…

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