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The Dorchester has announced the appointment of Michael Kwan as executive pastry chef of the hotel. With over 14 years… The London Fire Brigade (LFB) has launched an investigation into a fire that ...

On the Silk Road, these lost twin cities may have sustained themselves in a foreboding landscape with metallurgy and commerce. Hidden in the towering mountains of Central Asia, along what has been ...

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a discovery that could shift our understanding of the fabled Silk Road. Known for the exchange of goods and ideas between the East and West, the trade routes were long believed to have linked ...

Susie has a loving home but is well known in Dorchester and has become so popular, an illustrated book has been published about her adventures. Its authors are three charity members who have ...

Now, archaeologists for the first time have mapped these intriguing highland strongholds in the country’s southeast — once a key crossroad of ancient silk trade routes — that were ...

NORTH CHARLESTON — Charleston County residents voiced their approval of plans for long-awaited road projects that will add safety features and widen lanes for Dorchester Road, a crash prone ...

The Georgian Grade II listed Best Western Wessex Royale Hotel in Dorchester, Dorset, has been sold to Sleeping Bear Notels for an undisclosed price, said Christie & Co. The owner had independently ...

Hold the phone: if you’re new to the concept of sleeping in a silk hair wrap it’s time to get acquainted with Silke. Where most hair wraps seem aesthetically unpleasing, this one is wholly ...

and Colefax and Fowler drapery and even a Thames cruiser boat named Indulgence. The sale provides a rare opportunity to acquire unique items ranging from mirrors to sofas, tables, chairs, and lighting ...