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IN A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN 30 YEARS, SIR BEN KINGSLEY HAS INHABITED THE SKINS OF SAINTS AND DEVILS ALIKE. NO OTHER ACTORS CAN BEND IT LIKE KINGSLEYWHEN PLAYING THE ROLE OF INTERLOPER. HERE, HE TELLS ANWAR BRETT WHY HE PREFERS THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN.

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IN A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN 30 YEARS, SIR BEN KINGSLEY HAS INHABITED THE SKINS OF SAINTS AND DEVILS ALIKE. NO OTHER ACTORS CAN BEND IT LIKE KINGSLEYWHEN PLAYING THE ROLE OF INTERLOPER. HERE, HE TELLS ANWAR BRETT WHY HE PREFERS THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN.

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& HIS LOVE FOR MOROCCO

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ADDISOUT OF

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WHERE CAN YOU SEE RUSTING TANKS, ANCIENT

CHURCHES, OLYMPIANS, HIPPOS AND AFRICA’S OWN

GRAND CANYON? ON THE ROAD IN ETHIOPIA.

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Vast, untamed and virtually untouched, the best way to

experience Kyrgyzstan’s natural splendour is riding with the

country’s traditional eagle-hunters

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THE MOOD WAS UPBEAT

as our small group headed towards the Ton Pirival

pass, the beginning of our ride on the Nomad

Trail. In the lead: veteran eagle hunter Sogam

Bai, with the magnifi cent bird Karabala perched

proudly on his arm. Behind him: our Italian

horsemaster Dom Mocchi and nine mounted

ladies, eight of them British. Our mission: high

adventure in the Tien Shan ‘Celestial’ Mountains

in northern Kyrgyzstan.

Our fi rst dinner, a lavish feast prepared by

Sogam Bai’s womenfolk in the family home, laid

down a marker for the rest of the trip. “Every

time you drink, you must make a toast,” our host

insisted, the only English phrase he knew. With

vodka costing less than mineral water, there were

many toasts before we reached our billet in a

circular herdsman’s yurt. Burrowing deep in our

sleeping bags, we huddled as far away from the

white felt walls as possible, the better to preserve

body heat in the intense cold.

Shortly after daybreak we urged our horses up

the 4,040-metre pass, the gateway to an open

landscape virtually unchanged since early Silk

Route traders passed this way 2,000 years ago.

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Currying favourSausage as a culinary icon? Head to Berlin to taste the best of the wurst

If you’ve never tasted one of these before, you’ll probably think a more satisfactory meal could be gotten out of biting into your own tongue. However, this über-sausage (wurst), which is usually cut into several bite-sized ringlets

and smothered in a tomato-based curry sauce, is so scrumptious that it’s become a German icon.

Although the currywurst is eagerly wolfed down on moonlit street corners and in imbiss (snack bars) all over the country, Berlin is regarded as its spiritual birthplace. Legend has it that Herta Heuwer invented its seasoned topping at her Charlottenburg sausage stall out of sheer boredom. She was experimenting with different ingredients while she was waiting for customers on a rainy day, in 1949. Ten years of satisfied clients later, she finally patented her delicious mix under the name “Chillup” (Chilli + Ketchup).

Brühwurst, Bockwurst, Dampfwurst and Bratwurst are just some of the types of sausages that are used in the archetypal currywurst, though the latter of these is not generally favoured in Berlin. The actual portion of meat is usually about 20cm long and can be ordered with skin on it (“Currywurst mit Darm”) or without skin (“Currywurst ohne Darm”). To fully appreciate it, you’ll normally also have to sink your jowls into one of its two culinary bedfellows, either a bread roll or French fries. Traditionally, the whole dish is served on a plastic plate with a plastic fork; simple and tasty.

Originally, due to their cheap price (they are still a bargain at just €1.5-2.5) and perceived lack of sophistication, currywursts were only bought by the impoverished classes. However, their delectable taste and range of varieties succeeded in having this hotdog doppelgänger win through to all of the German people’s hearts and stomachs. Today, anyone from Chancellor Angela Merkel to Franz Beckenbauer can be seen gobbling them up, though it will probably be in a swanky restaurant rather than a quaint greasy spoon.

Being the country’s best-loved fast food has given the currywurst such kudos that famous German crooner Herbert Grönemeyer immortalised it in song.

The mighty wiener even did a spicy star turn in the amusing documentary Best of the Wurst (2004), and is set to be the subject of its own Berlin museum www.currywurstmuseum.de.

Thanks to Kurz & Lang, London’s finest wursts (pictured), www.kurzandlang.co.uk

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FOOD&DRINK LONDON BAKERIES

Fashion folk and comfort food are unusual bedfellows, but it seems

the temptation of cupcakes is too hard to resist for London’s fashionistas:

the new breed of bakeries seem to be hotter hangouts

than the latest spas

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– und bietet jetzt noch mehr, um Ihre Geschmacksnerven zu kitzeln

With its colourful spice bazaars, top–notch kebabs and seafood, Istanbul has long been a magnet for gourmands – and now there’s even more to tickle your tastebuds

Words by Rachel Howard

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WORDS BY MARTA PATINOPHOTOGRAPHY BY ADRIAN TYLER

Spain is at the forefront of a new type of tourism. The City of Wine,

deep in Rioja country, is the latest in a series of projects that are part of a rapidly growing travel sector called enotourism.

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DURING HIS HIGH-VOLTAGE REIGN AT GUCCI, TOM FORD MADE THE

ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE BILLIONS AND SEXED UP THE ENTIRE

LUXURY GOODS SECTOR IN THE PROCESS. HAVING NOW TURNED

HIS BACK ON ‘MASS LUXURY’, THE TEXAS-BORN DESIGNER IS BUILDING A NEW EMPIRE WITH

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WORDS BY PIERRE DE VILLIERS

Darryn Lyons parked trolleys in a supermarket to buy his first camera, but now he’s made it pay. Today he’s the multimillionaire owner of global paparazzi agency

Big Pictures, and still has the thrill for the chase.

Darryn Lyons has been up since 4am, and with his bleary eyes and weary face, it looks like it.

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Werner Baldessarini built German men’s label Hugo Boss into the hugely successful brand it is today, moving from merchandiser to designer to chief executive. All without a day’s formal training in either design or management.

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SO WHO IS HUGO BOSS?The real Hugo Boss established a clothing company in Metzingen, a small town south of Stuttgart, in 1923. After going bankrupt he joined the Nazi party and business flourished when he became a supplier of uniforms to the SA and SS. Boss died in 1948 but the company survived and in 1953 began to make the suits for which it would eventually become famous.

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THIS YEAR’S WIMBLEDON COULD SEE THE FIRST BRITISH WINNER SINCE THE 1930S IF ANDY MURRAY LIVES UP TO HIS PROMISE. BUT WHATEVER THE OUTCOME, IT’S SET TO BE A TAUT PLAY-OFF BETWEEN SCOTTISH MURRAY, SWISS FEDERER AND MALLORCA-BORN NADAL

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EXPERIENCE WIMBLEDON

A lot of

hot airTake the world’s most unusual vehicle for a spin around the countryside.

WORDS BY PIERS TOWNLEY / PHOTOGRAPHY BY TONY FRENCH

The geese are as nervous as the rest of us.

The craft speeds towards the bank, buffeting the ground and giving a slightly wobbly sensation, like sitting on a blancmange

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London has long been a breeding ground for great art, literature, theatre and music. The London Design Festival, now in its sixth year, is helping the city become synonymous with cutting-edge design, too. Established and emerging designers from all over the world will

descend on the capital from 13–23 September to showcase their work and catch up with the competition.

With events scattered across town, London’s neighbourhoods each bring their own distinctive style to the festival. The upmarket Brompton Design District (www.bromptondesigndistrict.com) caters to the area’s affl uent residents with blow-the-budget one-offs and pop-up shops. Meanwhile, 100% Design (www.100percentdesign.co.uk) brings contemporary chic to the drab surroundings of Earl’s Court. In the edgy East End, the festival’s main hub is Tent London (www.tentlondon.co.uk) at the Truman Brewery.

Runway caught up with a handful of Europe’s most talented designers to fi nd out what makes them tick.

London gilt seit langem als kreativer Nährboden für Kunst, Literatur, Theater und Musik. Auch das jetzt zum sechsten Mal stattfi ndende London Design Festival hilft der Stadt, zum Synonym für modernes Design zu werden. Etablierte und kommende Designer aus aller Welt werden vom 13. bis 23. September in der britischen Hauptstadt zu Gast sein, um ihre Arbeiten zu zeigen und ein Auge auf die Konkurrenz zu werfen.

Mit stadtweit verstreuten Veranstaltungen wird jeder Londoner Bezirk seine ganz eigenen Besonderheiten in das Festival einbringen. Der edle Brompton Design District (www.bromptondesigndistrict.com) wird die wohlhabende Nachbarschaft mit Design-Ständen und Unikaten zu astronomischen Preisen versorgen. 100% Design (www.100percentdesign.co.uk) soll modernen Chic in das eintönige Stadtbild von Earl’s Court bringen. Und im Londoner East End wird das Festival seinen Dreh- und Angelpunkt mit dem Tent London (www.tentlondon.co.uk) in der Old Truman Brewery haben.

Runway wollte von den zur Zeit angesagtesten europäischen Talenten wissen, was sie bei ihrer Arbeit bewegt.

Words by Rachel Howard

F O U R T A L E N T E D E X H I B I T O R S F R O M T H E C A P I T A L ’ S D E S I G N F E S T I V A L G I V E U S A P R E V I E W O F T H E I R W O R K A N D E X P L A I N W H Y T H E C I T Y I N S P I R E S T H E M

V I E R T A L E N T I E R T E A U S S T E L L E R D E S L O N D O N E R D E S I G N F E S T I V A L S G E B E N U N S E I N E

V O R S C H A U A U F I H R E A R B E I T U N D E R K L Ä R E N , W A R U M D I E S T A D T S I E I N S P I R I E R T

IF YOU ARE HOPING FOR PEACE AND SERENITY WHILE ADMIRING ART, ‘La Serenissima’ may actually not be the best place for you. Every two years, the art world descends on the already crowded tourist hotspot: the palazzos are packed with artists, the gondolas lled with gallerists and the alleys crammed with art lovers. As if Venice itself didn’t offer enough to gape at, for six months the Biennale adds the world’s hottest contemporary art. Each country has its own pavilion in the Giardini area of the city, and vies to show the superiority of their creative talent. The whole thing is quite overwhelming.

Even for an expert. I rst met Roger Tatley when he worked as the editor-in-chief of Modern Painters magazine. These days, as the

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THIS MONTH VENICE FACES A DELUGE OF ARTISTS DURING THE WORLD FAMOUS BIENNALE. AND WITH OUR INSIDERS GIVING THE LOWDOWN, HOW CAN YOU RESIST PLAYING THE ART BUFF?

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FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, ONE GRAPHIC DESIGNER HAS

CAPTURED THE IMAGINATION OF SOME OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST

BANDS. STORM THORGERSON (ALONG WITH ART DESIGN GROUP

HIPGNOSIS) HAS CREATED ICONIC ALBUM COVERS FOR THE LIKES

OF PINK FLOYD, AUDIOSLAVE, OFFSPRING, LED ZEPPELIN AND MUSE.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW HIM, BUT YOU DEFINITELY KNOW HIS WORK.

WORDS BY PIERS TOWNLEY | EXTRACTS FROM THE BOOK TAKEN BY STORM

THE CRANBERRIESWAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE(MCA 2001) “To fulfi l our philosophy of doing it for real, this is precisely what we did. We purchased 200 bright red gym balls, each three feet in diameter, constructed a tower with a sloping pen at the top, put all the balls in the pen and, when the cameras were ready, pulled back the barrier and the balls tumbled to the ground and bounced several times in wild profusion towards and past the guy in bed. It looked fantastic!—for the 10 seconds it lasted before the balls disappeared down the beach. It took half an hour to recover the balls before putting them back in the pen at the top of the tower and doing it all again… and again… until the wonderful Hothouse crew were too shagged out to do it any more.”

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Ooooh, just the thought of it makes you shiver. Huddled next to the ice-cream van while a good North Easterly wind chills your cockles may not be the first image a naturist would want. But, the cooler climes of the country haven’t extinguished the fires of the naked horde, and there are plenty of beaches, resorts and centres to visit.

1. Trawalua Beach, Cliffony, Co Sligo, EirePeople must come here for the crack as the saying goes. Only brave bodies withstand a full Atlantic breeze, but the extensive dunes offer shelter and a secluded haven for those determined souls.Extras: Locals who welcome all the sights this activity can offer. It’s an unofficial and well-known location.Nearest easyJet airport: Knock

2. Traeth MawrMonknash, vale of Glamorgan, WalesBeing butt naked is the least of your concerns here. Dramatic 200ft plus cliffs tower over this impressive beach, which has been designated as an area of special scientific interest; the many naked bodies only add to the attraction.Extras: Ridiculously strong currents make the dip to cool off (should you get too hot in the Welsh climate) a definite no no.Nearest easyJet airport: Bristol

3. Druridge BayAmble, NorthumberlandNow we’re entering the realms of the hardcore naturist. North Sea swells aside, the area has been used for unclothed activity for over 50 years and the waters, cold enough to shrivel the most hardened of “outdoor folk”, are extremely clean.Extras: Ramblers and dog walkers use the beach. But if Fido doesn’t mind, neither should you.Nearest easyJet airport: Newcastle

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Beach holidays are all well and good but let’s face it, haven’t you been there, done that? How about a bit of spice, a bit of

something new… Throw caution, and your clothes, to the wind and let it all hang out. Piers Townley shows off his white bits

on the best nudist beaches of Europe.

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Europe boasts

some of the best theme

parks in the world. They might

not be as well known as Mickey

Mouse and his crew, but they’re often

cheaper and definitely more offbeat.

In fact, Catherine Quinn discovers that

from the roller-coaster crazy Germans to

the history-loving Brits and miniature-mad

Italians, there’s a theme for everyone.

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Where: Centre of

Copenhagen, Denmark.

Size of park: 123 acres.

High point: The Demon, (Dœmonen—

pictured left) Denmark’s highest roller coaster

(28m) reaches 80km, has three loops and no floor, making

for a truly footloose experience.

Interesting fact: Tivoli’s most popular ride is its oldest: the

Mountain Roller Coaster, built in 1914.

Website: www.tivoli.dk

Ask a Dane about Tivoli, and you’ll receive a fond smile and

tales of hours spent basking in Danish folklore. Opened

in 1843, as Tivoli & Vauxhall with a horse-drawn carousel,

a roller coaster and nightly fireworks, Tivoli has inspired

parks around the world, including California’s Disneyland.

The park’s immaculate gardens and tradition of renewing

and adding attractions is a source of Danish pride.

Besides the 23 amusement rides, Tivoli is a Danish

cultural institution filled with exclusive restaurants,

including the Chinese Pagoda that serves Cantonese.

A new ballet, Thumbelina, premieres at the Pantomime

theatre on 14th July.

In celebration of Hans Christian Andersen’s bicentenary,

A Tivoli Fairytale spectacle of 6m-tall puppets is

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Where: Paris, Northern France.Size of park: 383 acres.High point: Ride of Icarus, the roller-coaster, which “takes you nearer to the sun”—or several billion miles away, depending on your grasp of meta-physics.Interesting fact: The Park contains over 95,000 trees and shrubs!

Website: www.parcasterix.com

If you’ve never read Asterix comic books, here’s a brief synopsis. It’s an historical fact that the Romans conquered all of France. All apart from a small village whose resident druid was a dab-hand at mixing up invincibility potion. And in homage to Goscinny and Uderzo’s indomitable Gauls, an entire park has sprung up in honour of Asterix, their erstwhile leader.In true comic-book style, you can ride one of Obelix’s menhirs, or even climb aboard the big man himself on one of the carousel rides. Somewhere along the line, the park owners seemed to have confused their history though—half the rides are themed on Greek myths.

Anachronisms aside, however, there is plenty to do; there are acres of scenic grounds to stroll around, a recreation Gallic village (complete with characters from the comics) and even the chance to eat wild boar.

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SPORTING FACIAL FUZZ THAT COULD SCARE SMALL CHILDREN, THE BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD ARE COMBING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE NEXT COMPETITION. WITH SCULPTURES SUCH AS THE FEESTYLE GOATEE AND THE IMPERIAL MOUSTACHE NESTLING ON THEIR LIPS AND CHEEKS, IT’S GOING TO BE A HAIRY AND HEATED BATTLE OF THE BUSHES.

SPORTING FACIAL FUZZ THAT COULD SCARE SMALL CHILDREN? THE BEARD AND MOUSTACHE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD ARE COMBING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE NEXT COMPETITION. WITH SCULPTURES SUCH AS THE FREESTYLE GOATEE AND THE IMPERIAL MOUSTACHE NESTLING ON THEIR LIPS AND CHEEKS, IT’S GOING TO BE A HAIRY AND HEATED BATTLE OF THE BUSHES.

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CONTENDER: FRIEDRICH SCHADELNATION: GERMANYFriedrich stormed the “Freestyle” category with this head-turning touch of genius. If he turns too quickly though, he’ll definitely take someone’s eye out.

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CONTENDER: FRANCO GHERARDI | NATION: ITALYFranco fired this facial fuzz into the “Garibaldi” category (full beard with integrated ’tache) in the 2003 Championships, and the crowd went mental. The curlers are heating up for this year’s showdown.