Island of stars

Our astronomical adventure in the hills of mid-Wales starts on an unlucky note. The autumnal sunshine of earlier has been swept away by a persistent drizzle rolling across the valleys and hilltops of

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Chile unspools like a gaucho’s lasso down the western edge of South America — a country so slender it seems improbable, yet within its borders lies astonishing diversity. In the north, Elqui’s vineyard oases offer some of the world’s darkest skies; in the south, fjords splinter the Patagonian Steppe. Flanked by the Andes to the east and the Pacific to the west, Chile can feel like a compressed continent. Distances are vast, but the rewards immense — whether it’s a road trip through Torres del Paine, an exploration of Easter Island or a culinary deep-dive in Chiloé

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I’m awake. Very awake. It’s early on a wind-whipped Sunday morning and I’m neck-deep in the sea off the Isle of Man’s north-east coast. The rain is steady, the swell is heavy and the water is gaspindu