Follow the pilgrims in Manakamana
It used to be that pilgrims going up to the popular Hindu Temple of Manakamana in the Nepalese jungle had to walk for three days. Now, the pilgrims travel by cable car to leave a prayer, and offering ...
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How terrible and wonderful the NHS can be simultaneously
Robert Tanitch reviews Tiger Country at Hampstead Theatre, London NW3 I know hospital series are enormously popular on television but I doubt very much if you will want to see Tiger Country if you, or ...
It must be one of the wittiest musicals ever written
Robert Tanitch reviews City of Angels at Donmar Theatre, London WC2 This 1989 award-winning Broadway musical is a parody of a Raymond Chandler 1940s film noir and is remarkable for its witty pastiche ...
Gran-d old time
A devoted pensioner is ready for a bumper family Christmas as she buys presents for a whopping – 80 GRANDCHILDREN. Great-great-grandmother Mary Scholey, 82, not only has to start Christmas shopp ...