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Helena Drysdale crosses into the realm of cancer. Travel writer Helena Drysdale has observed death rites in Tibet, Madagascar and…
Kapka Kassabova witnesses magic between continents. Deep in the enchanted forest, tucked between Europe and Asia, people have gathered for…
Roy Bainton relates a tale of guile and derring-do from World War I. Over too many beers one night in…
Nicholas Murray wonders when our obsession with the Bloomsbury set will end. Dorothy Parker claimed the Bloomsbury set painted in…
Deborah Chancellor says immersing yourself in another world is all the inspiration a writer needs. A serendipitous find can bring…
Katharine Grant ponders summer as the season of books. Do reader’s care about seasonal lists? Heavy-duty books for Autumn and…
Nicola Baldwin considers how a woman’s compromises make the world a bigger place. Hollywood’s recipe of the hero’s journey is…
Ian Thomson explores the psycho-geography of Thomas Lovell Beddoes’ London. In 1817 Thomas Lovell Beddoes, later poet, physician and depressive,…
Frances Byrnes meets Dermot Healy in a life-death situation. Living at the edge of the sea, Dermot Healy tested himself…
Martina Evans explores switching from writing novels to poems. Martina Evans kept starting novels only to find that they turned…
Rosemary Bailey discusses Ryszard Kapuściński and his impact on travel writing. Every so often a writer comes along and changes…
Diane Samuels explores how the dream of artistic collaboration can also be a nightmare. From dressing up to role-play and…
