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As I sit in front of my computer watching the hailstones bombarding my fledgling sweet peas on this May morning, I drift off. Armchair travellers do that, you know: one minute you’re doing your expenses, the next you’re plunging a … Continue reading
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Last post, I talked about the concept of ‘home‘ – which got me thinking about the homes that I’ve been invited into on my travels. What I love about this image is the simplicity: family homes in Nicaragua’s farming communities … Continue reading
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On Saturday night I listened to BBC Radio4’s recent broadcast A Foreigner Everywhere, which talked about travel, identity and the meaning of ‘home’: Paul Farley explores the American poet Elizabeth Bishop‘s extraordinary years in Brazil, and how her traveller’s condition inspired her … Continue reading
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It’s hard to miss the Syria situation – newspaper, radio and online coverage abounds. But what happened before Assad catapulted his country into the public eye? Clicking through the latest edition of World Literature Today, I found a compelling book … Continue reading
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It’s been 14 years since a travelling Pope dropped into Cuba and lit up hearts – faithful and agnostic – with the word ‘freedom’. He said it more than a dozen times in his Plaza de la Revolución speech in 1998, … Continue reading
A spork is the badge of travellers; neither a spoon, nor a fork, it’s a universal piece of tablewear that saves you weight and space wherever you boldly go.
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