From conkers and cheese rolling to the noble art of toe-wrestling, a few of 2012’s traditional British competitions do not have Olympic approval.
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Tee off at these extreme golf spots where you dodge guards in Kabul Golf Club, conserve oxygen in La Paz and play the long ball in Australia’s outback.
Scotland’s less-famed golf courses transport travellers to lonely beaches, ancient forests and fairytale castles.
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, with towns and cities on both sides of the Atlantic holding events to commemorate the disaster.
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The World Shakespeare Festival, which runs from April to November 2012, will be the biggest and most varied celebration of the Bard ever attempted.
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Located on an island in northwest Wales, the locally called Llanfair PG was given an official name that is 58-letters long to attract railway tourists in the 1850s.
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Africa’s land of delta and desert
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Jersey Shore reopens post Sandy
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Riding the wave of change in Munich
Munich
Forms of ID: Amar Hussain
A street food tour of Yangon
Burma
Sydney’s kaleidoscope of art
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On the road: San Pedro de Atacama
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How human error can cause a crash
Under-explored European day trips
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Dubai’s ping pong nightclub
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Reader Q&A: Three days in Delhi
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Best places to heal a broken heart
Bahamas
Epicurean Slovenia makes its mark
Europe
Walking with Jesus in the Galilee
Israel
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