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• The country that loves to overachieve

  24-01-2021 23:43 via bbc.com
  
  Here, success isn't just a goal; it's a way of life
  
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• I’m painting the amazing Galápagos wildlife – from my sitting room

  24-01-2021 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Can a virtual four-day art class come anywhere close to visiting the famous archipelago? Maybe not, but for our writer it turns out to offer something far more valuableThe creature comes into view quite slowly. It’s like staring into the bushes, realising there is something there, then picking out its parts, assembling the whole that, suddenly, magically, comes alive and steps gently forward. A giant tortoise. Mary-Anne, our guide, laughs: “A tortoise’s mouth always remind me o
  
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