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If you’re travelling to the Vendée and want to touch its identity, you need to unlock its dark history. A perfect way of doing so is by visiting these memorials to the bloody conflict.

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Add this remote archipelago to your bucket list.

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April 2018 saw Mswati III announce that Swaziland – the name given to the country by the British – would be no more.

Best churches in South Devon and Dartmoor

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The best wildlife opportunities in Antarctica

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