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Ladies take centre stage at this year’s Helsinki Festival

Ladies take centre stage at this year’s Helsinki Festival

7 May 2010 by Peter Sterling

The Finns come to life in the summer months after what is invariably a long, cold winter. Visitors to the country’s cities will begin to observe smiles on the faces of the normally rather dour inhabitants, and hark – could that be joyous music drifting into earshot?

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Helsinki

The World’s Most Magnificent Book Shop

The World’s Most Magnificent Book Shop

23 Mar 2010 by Joel Willans

If you always thought bookstores were cramped and dowdy, El Ateneo will change your mind forever.

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Argentina Buenos Aires

Down the sarf bank: treading the boards

Down the sarf bank: treading the boards

21 Oct 2009 by Peter Sterling

You thought theatre was a snobs-only affair? The National Theatre in London’s South Bank Centre begs to differ.

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London