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Ten good things that went right in 2021
Year Two of an ongoing pandemic meant a strange, disorienting 12 months, with widespread uncertainty and a society in disconnect. [...]
Will lab made diamonds become a girl’s new best friend?
If you are planning to gift – or hoping to get – a diamond this season, you have a ’40s [...]
Future of Space Travel: When will we be able to travel to space?
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Vicuna Wool: The world’s most expensive fabric
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Retail Revolution: What the future of ultra luxury looks like…
First came the seamstress with her evolved needlework and skilled tailoring, then the local shops offering bespoke styles, and international [...]
Heaven scent: Unique, exquisite and rare facts about perfumes
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Travel Bug: Immunise yourself with our cure-all tourism tonic…
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