 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Roam alone (BUT NOT FOR LONG); It is, quite literally, in the middle of nowhere. JACKIE NOBLE sets sail for remote St Helena and finds the unspoiled Atlantic gem on the verge of change.(Features)
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Byline: JACKIE NOBLE
ONCE described as "a speck of volcanic rock lost in the middle of the Atlantic", the island of St Helena is just south of the Equator. It's bathed in tropical heat and far from the hustle and bustle of modern life.
It is also an island full of contrasts.
On one hand, St Helena is firmly set in the past. Drive along rutted roads and you'll pass not just a startling 1929 Chevrolet charabanc but also donkeys still used to carry loads.
But turn back onto the beaten track and you'll see the ubiquitous Tesco sign. A large proportion of the ...
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TRAVEL ETC: EXILE Where on earth is St Helena? And how do you get there? There's only one way to do it, says Martin Bell, and this year - the island's 500th anniversary - is just the right time to make the trip
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Column One: Panic as St Helena's boat doesn't come in
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Napoleon island to end TV exile
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; ...the citizens of St Helena, one of the most remote islands in the world, allowing...and Wireless in St Helena, which is a British...already and the island is just about crime-fr...three hotels in St Helena, said: "I would...I've never left the island. Monitoring ...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Exiled to the 1950s; Napoleon's island of exile is reached only by postal ship - Michael O'Flaherty sails for St Helena.
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; ...on earth is St Helena? In fact, this most isolated island is a British...itself. The RMS St Helena is a working...supplies all the island's needs and...prisoners on the island,' he said. What...were kept on St Helena during that...
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Honour for island mum.(News Local)
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; ...conservation work on the Island of St Helena. The island lies in the south...in setting up a St Helena National Trust...Forest group on the island. She has lived...Helena Ebony and St Helena Redwood. The former...re-forest the island including ...
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 "The Sunday Independent (South Africa)")
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Oceanic time machine; In a gap between cold fronts, Justin Fox boarded the world's last royal mail ship in Cape Town on a voyage halfway across the Atlantic Ocean to St Helena, the island that time forgot.(Life)
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Independent (South Africa)
; ...Cape Town on a round trip to St Helena Island had been a thing of delays...lyrical speech prepare you for St Helena. Islanders are descended from British...nothing gets too boisterous. St Helena is a tiny island with a disproportionately...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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How can I exile my husband to Napoleon's island? Ask Frank.
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