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Home Truths: Presents with Stories
We don't want to panic you, but Christmas is only six weeks away. If you're anything like us, every year you promise to be more organised and every year you find yourself trawling the internet last minute for something with super-speedy delivery, and then feel guilty about not giving it more thought.So this year we're making it really easy for you. We've got a cracking list of pressies for everyone from your awkward father-in-law to your best pal...
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Globetrotting: Sri Lanka
India and Thailand’s secret love child, and a heady mix of old-world elegance, tropical beauty, historic tea-estates and world-class architecture, Sri Lanka is choc-a-bloc with charm. And we haven’t even mentioned the food yet. With the days shortening here and the rainy season at an end over there, is it time to consider a little winter sun?Here are our four top tips for exploring this wonder isle...
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Kalinko Living: Cocktail Hour
‘Tis (nearly) the season to be merry! And I don’t know about you, but we take cocktail hour quite seriously at Kalinko HQ and the difference between a good cocktail and a great cocktail is a well-stocked bar. If like us, you’re planning on channelling Mad Men this Christmas, this is the definitive home bar how-to guide.
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Globetrotting: Uzbekistan
Not top of your list? Well, if you’re looking to top up your tan and watch beachy sunsets with cocktails, you’re probably right. But if a journey to the ancient beating heart of the Silk Road, via three enchanting cities, exquisite craft workshops and exceptional people watching sounds up your street, read on. You’ll also get niche traveller points. Less than 1000 Britons go each year – the same number that visit Armenia, and 9 million fewer than Spain.
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Globetrotting: Bonkers for Bangkok
Dear old Bangkok… the birth-place of millions of regrettable backpacking moments, every stag-do cliché in the book and a bunch of dodgy tattoos. But beneath all of this is a sophisticated cosmopolitan city, and a regional hub for art and design, replete with Michelin star restaurants (some with white table cloths and some with nothing of the sort) and some pretty excellent shopping. Here’s where we like to Eat, Sleep and Shop when we’re in Bangkok.
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Kalinko Living: Last of the Summer Wine
It has finally happened: the sun has stopped shining. After what feels like the longest, hottest, Summer on record, you could be forgiven for thinking those glorious, balmy, sun-drenched days would just never end. And while it is not truly over yet, the change in weather is already making us nostalgic.
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Home Truths: 3 Ways to Style our Sanda Jackets
How to dress up our Sanda Jackets this Wedding Season
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Kalinko Living: Wedding Fever
It's Wedding Season! Couples are tying the knot all over the shop. So we've got outfits to plan and presents to buy... But work all day every day, and a packed diary, and the plumber to deal with... no time to shop! Well. Here's how we're dealing with that conundrum. Through Kalinko. Funnily enough. Read on. We'll take it from here.
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Kalinko Living: Bank Holiday, Kalinko Style
We have twenty-four bank holidays a year. Yes you read that correctly - twenty-four bank holidays. The Burmese love to celebrate, and take the day off to honour Buddhist Full Moon Days, the Armed Forces, Peasants, Martyrs, Christmas... you name it. This is how i'll be bank-holidaying this weekend, in salute to the giant feet-up happening over on home soil.
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