Stories beyond borders。
Hiut Denim is making jeans in Cardigan, a small Welsh town with a long manufacturing history. After production moved overseas early in the century, many local workers lost jobs connected with what had been Britain’s largest jeans factory.
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A Guardian travel account visits Saint-Gervais-les-Bains and the slopes below Mont Blanc during autumn. The route uses the historic cog railway to reach Mont Lachat, where views extend towards the Bionnassay Glacier and Chamonix valley.
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A first-person Guardian feature recounts a journey from Sydney towards Perth by hitchhiking. The opening scene places the writer outside Esperance after a long wait for a lift, describing uncertainty as part of the experience rather than an exception.
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End of the World and Hard-Boiled Wonderland adapts Haruki Murakami’s dual-narrative novel for the Barbican. Director and choreographer Philippe Decouflé uses the theatre’s scale to distinguish a noir-like Tokyo from a dangerous dream world.
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Phoebe Litchfield scored seventy-seven from fifty-seven balls as Australia chased Bangladesh’s 166 in 25.4 overs. The hosts lost three wickets in the successful pursuit, extending their unbeaten one-day run at Allan Border Field to twenty-two matches.
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Branford Marsalis and singer Dianne Reeves revisit the musical relationship between John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman on Dedicated to You. The 1963 album provides a model for a tribute commissioned in Coltrane’s centenary year.
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Jess Williamson’s A Mile South of Heaven explores competing impulses to remain in Los Angeles or leave it behind. The Texas-born singer opens the album with a track borrowing the title of Joan Didion’s essay Goodbye to All That.
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Canine companions attracted attention alongside celebrity guests at the latest fashion shows. A Guardian feature records dogs appearing at events associated with Louis Vuitton, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga and other major houses.
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Margaret Atwood’s Book of Lives gathers personal history, relationships and literary experience into a memoir that she initially resisted writing. The Canadian author presents it as a partial, shaped account rather than a complete catalogue of every year.
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Neckties are returning to some younger wardrobes after years of open-collar dressing and home-working informality. A Guardian fashion feature points to renewed interest in formal accessories and cites retailer TM Lewin’s reported rise in tie sales over the summer.
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A Guardian fashion column considers why leather jackets can be difficult to wear despite their enduring image of confidence. The writer also cites experienced stylist Lucinda Chambers’s admission that the garment presents a challenge for her.
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Anythink Libraries has opened a Nature Library in Colorado’s Adams County, offering free access to books and outdoor equipment. The project aims to reduce barriers that can prevent people from exploring the natural world close to home.
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