Archive for January 2007

On the road to Damascus

January 2007
The monastery of Deir Mar Musa in Syria has become a focus of interfaith dialogue, thanks to the efforts of an Italian priest. Carole Corm reports. Photos by John Wreford.

Splendid isolation

January 2007
The Kashmiri ski resort of Gulmarg has fallen on hard times in recent years, but the snow is thick, the people are welcoming and a renaissance is in the air. JA Wallman takes to the slopes.

The icing on the Cape

January 2007
Diversity is the watchword in South Africa’s wineries. But the product itself is still the main event. Telford Vice reports.

City of dreams

January 2007
Nowa Huta was a modern miracle of state planning, buthas the Stalinist new town got a future in today’s Poland? Ben Morris tours Kraków’s grittiest tourist attraction.