The Amazon rainforest is the most abundant greenhouse on the planet with more than 80,000 plant species. It is also the world’s largest medicine cabinet, with around 25 per cent of all drugs used today derived from rainforest plants. Most …

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With so many people talking about Game of Thrones‘ final season at work and online, it kind of feels like we’re in a sepia-toned image of people waving farewell to a massive cruise ship when that kind of thing passed for …

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Want to visit Amsterdam? Well, how about a trip to Harderwijk instead? That’s the message from the Netherlands Board of Tourism Conventions (NBTC), which has taken the unusual decision to stop marketing the city of Rembrandt as a tourist destination. …

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For starters, Silverstein recommends throwing yourself into the cruise spirit; order a fruity cocktail, complete with paper umbrella – served in a pineapple if you’re feeling super ‘cruise-y’, get involved in the entertainment, whether that involves dressing up, crazy competitions …

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