As Others See Us...and History
In “To A Louse, On Seeing One on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church”, one of Robert Burns’ most amusing yet profound poems, written in 1786, the...
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Stoker
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King’s Lynn and the Meaning of Nowhere
We must begin with abject apologies to Jan Morris; that great writer, doyenne of travellers, and Celtic poet, whose book title we have...
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Eric Boa
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A Reckless Guide to Reckless Travel
We live in an age of golden travel. Never has it been so easy to go so far and wide. Yet moving around also has limitations, bounded by...
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Denis Lyons
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British Paradox
Bravo, Vincent! The United States of America’s self-inflated bubble of arrogance, stupidity and self-indulgence deserves to be punctured ...
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Richard Pooley
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Why does it have to be original?
“Is it original?” the member of the film crew asked me.
“Yes. It’s a letter he wrote to his mother. One of about a thousand that...
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