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The list of the all-time greatest cities – and I mean ‘all-time’

The list of the all-time greatest cities – and I mean ‘all-time’

If you could go anywhere at any point in the history of humanity – what's on the bucket list?

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Jun 03, 2022
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Babylon, as it…might have been

I was listening to the podcast The Rest is History – more of that in a minute. Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland were talking about Babylon. And I thought, as you do think when people who know their stuff share their passion for a place, that’s it, I’m sold. Let’s get onto Skyscanner and put in Edinburgh to Babylon. 

But no …

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