The jagged Caucasus reared above these lush hills and even before Mestia it was clear that Svaneti's fabled splendour was no exaggeration. |
It shows the splendour of Europe's royal families while documenting the poverty of the working classes. |
The bandsmen, all dressed in their serious splendour, played at a determined pace, which quickened the pulse. |
It is obscene that the leaders of the rich world can wine and dine in the splendour of a luxury liner while offering only crumbs in debt relief. |
Former railwaymen have told me what it was like to be in the place during its splendour. |
The Victorians had a dream that Whitby could match the gilded splendour of Harrogate, and the thermal spring waters of Bath. |