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  • 2 weeks ago | cntraveller.de | Lydia Bell

    Nerea Vera hat ein Haus renoviert. Hat innen behutsam die stuckverzierten Decken restauriert, Wandmalereien freigelegt und die Jugendstilböden wieder auf Hochglanz gebracht. Sie kennt sich aus: Als Malerin, Bildhauerin und Graveurin ist die Kubanerin mit der Materie vertraut, doch angesichts der vielen Arbeit war selbst sie sich nicht sicher, ob sie es jemals schaffen würde.

  • 4 weeks ago | cntraveller.com | Lydia Bell

    The resorts have been checked, the kids' clubs have been vetted, and you've bought a jumble of contraptions online that promise to make any intergenerational escape a doddle. But are you really excited about your overseas family time? We're big fans of the occasional fly-and-flop trip, but every now and then you want to step outside your comfort zone and opt for something a little different.

  • 2 months ago | cntraveller.com | Lydia Bell

    Kayaking down the mangrove river near Ambatomikopaka, at a point when the emerald water goes cloudy with light and the black snakes of mangrove roots tangle the banks, the sound of the surf dissolves. Here on a river island where the wild ducks fly, we glide past the tombs of ancestors. Malagasy cemeteries are in spots like these – on small islands, up mountains – sublime and sequestered reserves of nature. An elder of the village, Sonibe, is with us, and tells us his mother is buried there.

  • Dec 26, 2024 | cntraveller.com | Lydia Bell

    In Havana’s Republican-era neighbourhood of Vedado, salty air, hurricane rain, tree roots and the years have gnawed at the façades. Here, the artist Nerea Vera is renovating a house. It’s good to see neoclassical bones and art nouveau floors being buffed up. Open to visitors by appointment, Vera’s house is becoming an informal museum of accidental sorts.

  • Dec 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Lydia Bell

    Man Sees Homeless Lady Eating from Dumpster and Recognizes Sweetheart He Lost 53 Years Ago A man is frozen in place when he sees his first love dumpster diving for food 53 years after they broke up. The impact was shocking. Unexpected. Painful. It was heart-wrenching and devastating when William recognized Amanda as the woman who was dumpster diving in search of food in an alley in San Francisco, California. It was a glorious, colorful autumn day when they’d first met. Amanda was 17, and he was 18.

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Lydia Bell
Lydia Bell @lydialondon
2 May 24

Beset by imbalanced hormones and raging stress, I turned to some London experts handy in mid life https://t.co/4l4IhQLX8T #perimenopause #health #condenasttraveller

Lydia Bell
Lydia Bell @lydialondon
11 Mar 24

For those considering a safari with children, I asked the experts for their best advice https://t.co/IxjTWJqJg5

Lydia Bell
Lydia Bell @lydialondon
19 Jun 23

The London members’ club Maison Estelle opens Estelle Manor, a slice of the country good life https://t.co/lpgHo7RhdI