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Elusive Aleppo | Mark Hudson | Syrian Arab Republic, The Northeastern Desert, Aleppo

The call to prayer goes up from first one mosque, then another - the long wavering notes overlapping, filling the darkening sky with their conference of yearning and wonder

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North African Music | Mark Hudson | Morocco, Marrakech, Marrakech

At two-thirty precisely, the lights go down, a trio of drummers set up a loping beat for a searing rustic violin, and a large man in a white gown and a demure-looking, rather pretty woman take the stage

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Penarth | Mark Hudson | United Kingdom, Wales, Cardiff

Set among limestone cliffs just around the headland from Cardiff’s docks and newly built marina - at once a peculiarly well-preserved Victorian seaside resort and a slightly snooty dormitory town

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Rome | Mark Hudson | Italy, Lazio, Rome

It’s dusk as we stagger, dripping, into Piazza Navona. The black cobbles look damp with perspiration. The ancient buildings, their facades washed in wonderful shades of orange, ochre and red

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