| Unlock all of our journalism for less than 50p per week, only in our Spring Sale. | | Wreckage reportedly left behind after the US rescue mission |  | Paul Nuki Global Health Security Editor, in Tel Aviv | As tales of derring-do go, the rescue of a US airman from mountainous territory in southern Iran ranks among the best of them.
The colonel, a weapons operator on the F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jet shot down on Friday, was badly injured and Iranian forces were closing in when US commandos extracted him from a mountain crevice where he was hiding.
The operation, which involved dozens of US special forces personnel, denied Iran a potentially pivotal propaganda victory.
That it was Seal Team Six – a specialist unit established after the disastrous attempt to rescue 53 embassy staff held captive in Iran a year after the 1979 Islamic Revolution – that pulled off the rescue will make the success all the sweeter.
The airman, like his colleague rescued a day earlier, is now recovering in hospital.
After ejecting with only a sidearm, a location beacon and a secure communications device, his actions appear to provide a textbook example of how to survive such an incident.
According to reports, he at one point hauled himself up a 7,000ft ridge line above sea level to evade capture and enable his rescuers to reach him.
His story, once fully told, is certain to become a verified piece of US military legend.
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|  | Alastair Sooke Chief Art Critic | London’s principal art galleries enjoy a very high profile, but of course the works of the world’s greatest artists can be found on public display outside the M25. There’s Lucian Freud in Liverpool, Burne-Jones in Wolverhampton and Titian in Dorset, and that’s just for starters. In every corner of Britain there is some cultural wonder that’s worth a visit. Often, they are in the most unexpected places, such as the magnificent, visionary cycle of murals by Stanley Spencer that are on display at the Sandham Memorial Chapel in Hampshire.
I’ve plotted the 100 best works to seek out. It’s a wide-ranging list that includes art of the Italian Renaissance, royal portraiture and Surrealism. It’s a list that simultaneously provides you with a history of art and collecting in this country. So that you can search the list with ease, we have divided the paintings by region, and you can check their exact locations via the article’s maps, perfect for an artistic pilgrimage this spring.
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Off for a walk today? It’s one of life’s great injustices that excess calories don’t shift themselves, like disappearing messages on WhatsApp. In the spirit of springtime wholesomeness, The Telegraph has compiled a selection of 10 exquisite rural rambles, perfect for countering Easter indulgence.
Naturally, though, readers have had their own suggestions. Here I will respectfully submit that the best walk in Cornwall is not to be found in Morwenstow, but on the coast path from St Ives to Zennor, concluding with a triumphant pint at the country’s greatest pub, the Tinners Arms.
Bob Parry put in a word for “the Trough of Boland. It rarely gets a mention, but it’s beautiful.”
Dave Warren, meanwhile, took issue with the inclusion of Castle Combe in Wiltshire: “Absolutely full of tourists.”
Howard Greenwood added: “You’ve forgotten the sandstone trail through Cheshire Ridge: fabulous walk, beautiful scenery and a great pub half way: the Pheasant Inn at Higher Burwardsley.”
I’m detecting a common thread in these recommendations. “Top of my list,” wrote Colin Iseard, “is the South Downs, along with Fritham to Frogham in the middle of the New Forest, ending with a visit to the Royal Oak for the best Ploughman’s ever.”
For Lindsay Mac, “the perfect country walk involves seeing nobody until you return home. The Eastern Eden Valley is the least populated area in England. I walk it every day and rarely see another person or hear any traffic. Dumfriesshire also takes some beating, especially in the winter.” Where did we miss? Send your responses here and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, to which you can sign up here.
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