He lost a play-off to Jim Furyk for the Heritage Classic at Hilton Head on 18 April after calling a two-stroke penalty on himself at the first extra hole, but the 35-year-old remains confident that his persistence will pay off.

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Style-wise, Rochon went for 19th-century Louis Philippe furnishings, in keeping with the hotel's classic heritage.

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David Mellor, the former heritage secretary and presenter at BBC Radio 3 and Classic FM, admits that recently he has "got a bit of a reputation for telling people who talk in the opera to stop" after he attracted headlines for remonstrating with fellow audience members.

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Hirauchi Kaichu onsen, the tidal pool in which the man and I were poaching, is on Yakushima, an island whose cedar forest earned a spot on Unesco's World Heritage List (and was the inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's anime classic "Princess Mononoke").

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The Tuscan countryside has a rich cultural and artistic heritage, crisscrossed with vineyards producing delicious Chianti, Brunello di Montalcino and super Tuscans, and anchored by classic vistas of olive and cypress trees framing red-tiled church roofs, all within easy reach of Florence and Rome.

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