Make your way to Fort Davis, Texas, and then you have a choice of fascinating drives, through mountain ranges, down valleys and through enticingly scenic towns.

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Then there's the ongoing, vital, shrill, fascinating debate about nationalisation.

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The retrospective of Daumier's work now on show at the Grand Palais in Paris (until January 3rd, then at the Phillips Collection in Washington from February 19th to May 14th) provides a fascinating overview of the full range of his talents.

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Frankly, if Barbara Walters went looking for the 10 Most Fascinating People in the World and the best she could come up with was the Kardashians, then I think we're living in pretty barren times.

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