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16/01/2023

16/01/2023

He said that most people's understanding of the era centres around Dr Martin Luther King Jr. "I don't think there's anything wrong with that, but now we're starting to elevate new stories." And Johns' tale is particularly worthy, he said.

16/01/2023

In Johns' hometown of Farmville, the high school she attended now operates as a museum, and is recognised as a National Historic Landmark. Today, visitors can watch a film about Johns in the auditorium where she urged her classmates to action. It has been restored to its original condition, displaying a 48-star US flag, representing the number of states in the nation in 1951. Other exhibits document the substandard conditions students faced, the walkout, the court cases that challenged segregation and the local decision to close the schools.

14/01/2023

In the decade prior, the pub's legendary status had waned, with the previous owner closing for six months each winter when tourists were few. The pub’s community spirit was lost; so too its status as a year-round sanctuary for tired, thirsty hikers. Even to summer visitors, impressions were often not good. "This place used to be jumping," reads one of the many unflattering online reviews from this dark period. "Now it is like a morgue."

13/01/2023

But there's a third, lesser-known train that departs Jasper three times a week, pulling passengers into the farthest depths of British Columbia. Completed by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914, the line spans 1,160km, linking Jasper to Prince Rupert, a port city on Canada's north-west coast. Known locally as the "Skeena" or the "Rupert Rocket", VIA Rail's Train 5 takes two days to make the journey, with an overnight stop in the city of Prince George. Compared with Canada's more celebrated routes, it's virtually unknown by international tourists, but is one of the world's most beautiful train journeys – one that provides a major lifeline to local communities.

12/01/2023

Можливо, це був не той рік, коли ми отримали все, про що мріяли... Але це рік, який навчив нас цінувати все те, що ми маємо.
Рік великих змін у житті кожного з нас. Хай 2023 буде роком Перемог, великих та маленьких... 💙💛

12/01/2023

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12/01/2023

The N**i invasion on US soil never came, but as the war continued, the 10th Division travelled to Italy's steep Apennine Mountains in 1945, where soldiers used their training to combat Germans stationed atop the jagged peaks. Each soldier wore a white camouflage suit and carried a 45- to 55-pound pack filled with provisions, attaching their skis to their packs when not in use. The Germans' mountaintop, sniper-armed fortifications gave them a clear advantage, but the 10th Division scouted five routes up the mountain, with each company taking a different trail.

11/01/2023

Forming part of the so-called Rough Bounds – the "highlands of the Highlands" – Knoydart is remote and inaccessible even by local standards. There are no streetlights, you can't get a mobile phone signal, and the seven miles of paved roads are unconnected to the mainland network. Around 120 residents lived here at the last count, spread across 86 square miles (that's approximately the same population density as Alaska). The majority of those brave and hardy souls live in Inverie, and now, after a community buyout in March 2022, most of them own a stake in the Old Forge.