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The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-eun is one of those books which makes you stop and think about your responsibility as a traveller. Although it is…
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Disclosure: This review of The Salt Path by Raynor Winn contains affiliate links. If you click on them I receive a tiny commission at no…
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I’m sure I speak for a lot of people when I say that now more than ever I’m finding myself wanting to escape from the…
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Hey there! How are you doing? It feels like such a weird time to be living through right now doesn’t it? As the Coronavirus lockdown…
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I feel I should begin this review of My Midsummer Morning by admitting that it’s quite different to the one I was expecting to write. …
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“I love it when a book grabs you from the first page,” I wrote on Twitter shortly after starting Lois Pryce’s Revolutionary Ride. And Lois’…
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Twelve books in twelve months – that’s twelve months of travel from the comfort of my sofa. Along with the other members of #travelbookclub I’ve…
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It’s a never ending source of amazement to me, that there is so much to see and do on our own doorsteps here in the…
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Someone once told me that the guidebooks you start travelling with are the ones you will always return to and for me, ever since I…
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I must admit, there are few things in life I love as much as travel. However, one of the things which does make it on…