Notes from around the world
‘It’s not magic that takes us to another world – it’s storytelling.’ – Val McDermid. Telling the smaller stories from around the World. Some… Read more
Reflections on 2016
‘The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you’ve come.’ – Ian Knabel. 2016 has been a good year. On a personal level, 2016… Read more
Five sunsets, and the stories that accompany them
“The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.’ – Pamela Hansford Johnson. Five of the most memorable sunsets… Read more
The Long Journey Home: Exploring Architecture
‘The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilisation.’ – Frank Lloyd Wright. A… Read more
The Long Journey Home: All The Trains
‘Faster than fairies, faster than witches, bridges and houses, hedges and ditches…’ – an excerpt from Robert Lewis Stevenson’s poem ‘From a Railway Carriage’…. Read more
The Long Journey Home: Five Memorable Faces
‘We don’t meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason.’ – Unknown. Memorable Faces When travelling, it is… Read more
The Long Journey Home: Snapshots So Far
‘A good snapshot stops a moment from running away.’ – Eudora Welty. Feeling Guilty If there is one thing I have discovered while I’ve… Read more
The Long Journey Home: Visa Applications
‘It’s the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.’ – John Wooden. The Trans-Siberian: An Idea One sunny day in June… Read more
The Long Journey Home: An Outline
‘All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware.’ – Martin Buber. ‘When you truly love your journey, the destination is just… Read more