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  • 21 Stories


    Digital fiction has just arrived. In a unique take on storytelling, Charles Cumming unravels his tale using an interactive google map.
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    You can follow the map and see where you end up both from a recognised bird’s eye view and through the mind of the author.
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  • Epic Journeys


    Ever wondered where our obsession with pilgrimages and personal journeys through life came from? The Plight of Gilgamesh is one of the earliest forms of great literature – written in Sumer during ancient Mesopotamian times.
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    Its influences have entered many spheres of awareness – from impressing Homer in his Odyssey to being compared to Noah’s flood experience. Islamic and Syrian cultures as well as the myth of Alexander the Great have also taken the tale into account and parallels can be seen throughout.
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  • Statistically, the safest way to travel


    INQ’s purpose is not to scaremonger, it is to entercate... It is a little shocking, however, to see the quantity and variety of planes falling from the sky in recent months. What does it all mean?
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    Some are shouting sun-flares and other cosmic activity. But perhaps the skies are way too full and planet earth is just trying to tell us something. Either way we probably need to re-think our very idea of global travelling methods. The statistics are alarming...
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  • Ray Zahab’s Antarctic Adventure


    Extreme exploits often take on a very different meaning. Ray Zahab shows a more positive side as he talks through travelling to the end of the world and back earlier this year.
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    Not only did he make the fastest unsupported trek across Antarctica but he also raised a truck-load of money for kids’ environmental education.
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