Isabel Choat
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/ 15 December 2004

Treasure island

"So, what’s the catch?" asked a friend when I told her about Ilha Grande, a beautiful island just off Brazil’s Costa Verde (Green Coast). She had a point. Blessed with jungly hills, 106 sandy beaches, blue lagoons and bays teeming with tropical fish, it’s the sort of place you assume must be prohibitively expensive or impossible to get to. But you’d be wrong.

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/ 9 March 2004

Designer destinations

”More than 170 designers showed their collections as part of the 2004 London Fashion Week recently. I asked four to tell me about their favourite cities.” Isabel Choat quizzed four London designers about where to shop, eat and stay in the world’s trendy spots.