Leisure & holidays

3 cards. Each one is a 40-second story with a five-minute read behind it.

1. Why Jewish New Year dishes are designed to taste sweetFood on Rosh Hashanah is more than a meal; it is a symbolic language. From round breads to honey-dipped fruits, every ingredient serves as a culinary prayer for the year ahead, bl…
2. How a small Lancashire hamlet transformed into Britain's most iconic seaside resortBlackpool began as a modest coastal hamlet, but the rise of sea bathing and the arrival of the railway turned it into a roaring industrial-era powerhouse. Once the world's most po…
3. How a corner of Iberia became a seasonal metropolis for all of EuropeThe Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost region, has transformed from a quiet agricultural outpost into a bustling tourist hub. Once the westernmost frontier of the Moorish empire, th…

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