HTMW Recaps: October 2017
I normally add a quote to the beginning of each post that sums up or enhances my writing. However, I’m going to use my… Read more
Countries around the world: Reasons to return
‘The land is always there… it is you who has to return.’ – Munia Khan. I ran into a woman from the Netherlands whilst… Read more
Postcards from Bruges
‘Bruges is a beautiful medieval city, almost untouched by time.’ – James Frain. Bruges is the sort of city that lures you down it’s… Read more
Visiting the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
‘It happened, therefore it can happen again: this is the core of what we have to say.’ Primo Levi. Writing from the Holocaust I am standing in… Read more
My Viewpoint on the World in 2016
‘Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.’ – Martin Luther King,… Read more
On London (and why I never write anymore…!)
‘There’s nowhere else like London. Nothing at all, anywhere.’ – Vivienne Westwood. London is a busy place. It’s a city that never sleeps (yes,… 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
When Life Is Unexpected
Above: home long enough to walk Sybil a few times before leaving again… Facing off with a sheep! ‘I’m not a very fast-paced… Read more
The Long Journey Home: A Taste of Europe Part Two
‘Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.’ – Omar Khayyam. The Second Half of Europe We travelled to six cities in… Read more