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Bar/fly: Moniack Castle, Inverness

In a castle in Scotland, Kevin Pilley quaffs mead in the search of a new coiffure.

Manchester: Industrial revelation

Mancunian Steve McCabe revisits his hometown and finds a cosmopolitan city has sprung up among the dark satanic mills.

What's new in cruising

Michael Zehender rounds up the seagoing palaces entering the water for the first time next year.

Dallas: Oil town's change of art

The brash, bold Texas of JR Ewing's day is still there, but is now overlaid with a veneer of culture, writes Samuel Muston.

Western Australia: Riot of colour in land of quokka

Pamela Wade meets some cute Kiwi expats on an island near Perth.

Stop over: Frankfurt

Sri Lanka: Fancy a cuppa?

Most Kiwis are partial to a good cuppa. Many are also partial to a nice wine. And in Sri Lanka, you can have both in one glass.

Hundreds of Air NZ passengers delayed

Hundreds of Auckland-bound passengers have been delayed overnight in China after a fault with the brakes on an Air New Zealand Dreamliner aircraft.

Italy: Battle for Abruzzo's heart

In one region in Italy, some are rethinking the future of tourism, writes Venetia Sherson.

Fiji: Monarch of the Glenn

Steve Braunias finds a fortress of New Zealand pride on a Fijian resort island full of Australians.

Kiwis snap up 10-year passports

First documents are rolling off the printing presses as Kiwis rush to snap up the extended travel essential.

France: The angel's scent

Farrah has a nose for divine earthy truffles buried deep in the Bordeaux soil. Catherine Masters meets a talented collie.

New South Wales: Walking on sunshine

Graham Reid has an unexpectedly rewarding time in Newcastle, NSW.

The charm of San Fran

You'll leave your heart there once you've experienced its charms.

Solomon Islands: War stories in peaceful times

The museums of the Solomon Islands house plenty of memorabilia from the Pacific campaign, writes Gillian Vine.

Cruising: Sailing in Nero's wake

Ewan McDonald writes a letter from the Corinthians' canal, an emperor's project two millennia in the making.

Bar/fly: Los Angeles

The City of Angels is speakeasy central, writes Shandelle Battersby.

Vietnam: For the children

Our day-trip dollars become micro-loans to empower rural women, writes Naomi Estall.