There was a moment, a long moment lasting a few days just before Christmas, where I asked myself why I was bothering writing fiction. From...
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On Tenerife, our house had walls so thick and uneven it was impossible to hang pictures on them. In Portugal, we rented a house on...
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Places inspire us. That inspiration forms the basis of travel writing, or it did when writers such as William Dalrymple had me vicariously following him...
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All the world is a pantomime. At least that’s how it feels just about every time I dip into social media. Aha! If you don’t...
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John removed his green quilted gilet and draped it across the back of the stool. He grabbed the peak of his Tweed flat cap and...
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Trying to take a decent seasonal photo has driven me mad this year. I look out the window and can see an alternative rainbow of...
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A line in a newspaper report over the weekend jumped out at me. It was this: ‘A Black woman hasn’t won the Booker prize since...
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Interesting to see the German Tourist Board has ‘employed’ an AI travel influencer, Emma. She even has her own profile page – “I'm Emma and...
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You walk into a restaurant, sit down, and the waiter tells you what you’re going to eat. How does that sound? Are you okay with...
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The Detour The distorted discoloured face scowled at Josh from atop its stony plinth, its drooping mouth making it look as though it had suffered...
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