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On Friday, June 4, 2021, Orchid Classics will release DIALOGO, the debut album of cellist John-Henry Crawford, First Prize Winner of the IX International Carlos Prieto Cello Competition and the Classical Recording Foundations 2019 Young Artist of the Year. Playing a rare 200-year-old cello smuggled out of Austria by his grandfather, Robert Popper, Crawford performs Brahms Sonata for Piano and Cello No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 and Shostakovichs Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40 with pia...

Was Switzerland Right to Keep its Ski Resorts Open?   11th April 2021 Last modified on April 15th, 2021 Switzerland took the controversial decision not to close its ski resorts back in December as other alpine nations shut theirs.  It is now the final week of this very different season in the major resorts. We report in-depth from the Valais in Switzerland on how winter unfolded in this exclusive report. 136 Shares Switzerland kept its winter sports sector going, leading to accusations that ...

George Osborne has announced his engagement to his former adviser Thea Rogers. The couple, who are expecting a child in the summer, confirmed their upcoming wedding in The Times today with a short message: The engagement is announced between Thea and George.   Father-of-two Mr Osborne, 49, revealed last May he was dating his former chief of staff Ms Rogers, 39, who helped to overhaul his image when he served as Chancellor.     The couple have since announced they are expecting their firs...

Avalanche Deaths In Switzerland Up 50% This Winter 6th April 2021 It’s been a deadly winter season, with significantly more people killed than the average figure in the last 20-year period.  The majority of victims were off-piste skiers or snowboarders. NEW Shares The grim statistics come in a report by the Swiss Institute for Snow & Avalanche Research (SLF) and cover the period from 1st October 2020 to 30th March 2021. They show that 27 people have died in avalanches and one person is s...

A Return to Winter Is On Its Way 5th April 2021 The Alps is being hit by a distinctly cold spell after the recent warm weather. Up to 50cm of snow is forecast in places providing some excellent Easter skiing for those lucky enough to be able to enjoy it. PlanetSKI is in the Swiss Alps. NEW Most of the snow will fall in the central and northern Alps. “This imminent and dramatic return to winter follows last week’s very warm spell of weather when temperatures hit the twenties in some lower ...

Anyone using any kind of public transport in France is currently required to wear a face mask.  Looking to the future, Eurotunnel Le Shuttle, is definitely the way to go. A speedy and, more importantly, entirely contact-free way of crossing the Channel (you never have to leave your car), it has also just introduced the new Standard Refundable Ticket (from £72 per car for up to nine people) to encourage people to get booking. Brittany Ferries has also already resumed service. Italy  low ...

Japan has officially gained its first W-branded hotel. The W Osaka opened its doors on Tuesday to guests amid the ongoing pandemic that has resulted in most international visitors being cut off from the East Asian nation. When travel to Japan does open up, though, travelers — especially those sitting on Marriott Bonvoy points itching …

“A girl can look sexier in ski clothes than in a bathing suit,” pronounced Fred Picard, the self-styled “international authority on glamour in the snow”, in 1957. Picard was a Swiss designer who moved to the US to open his own ski clothing store in Sun Valley, Idaho – the favoured schussing spot of Clark Gable, Ingrid Bergman and Norma Shearer. A master salesman, he sold skiwear to the US Olympics women’s ski team and Nordic sweaters to “tanned and shapely you...

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news The spot in Majorca where Richard Branson will build ‘the most luxurious hotel’ Daily Times(PK) These pictures show the spot where Sir Richard Branson will build ‘the most luxurious hotel in the Mediterranean’. It will occupy a plot on the tycoon’s Son Bunyola Estate in Majorca – part of the Virgin Limited Edition portfolio of posh properties. Sir Richard has recently been granted permission to develop a pre-existing building on the plot, called the Finca build...