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Notes from an author: Jemma Wayne

Israel’s capital is many things to many people, but Jemma’s first encounter with Jerusalem as a child has led to a life-long fascination with this complex city The post Notes from an author: Jemma...

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Notes from an author: Andrew Lambert

Inhabited by pirates and castaways, this remote Chilean island has long been a place of mythology, tragedy and peculiar Englishness The post Notes from an author: Andrew Lambert appeared first on...

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Notes from an author: Fran Bryson

A journey to Salvador reveals a deeply religious festival where Bonfim, the patron saint of the state of Bahia, is worshipped as a miracle worker The post Notes from an author: Fran Bryson appeared...

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Notes from an author: Charles Foster

A relationship with stags changes from bloodthirsty to empathetic, while their Highland home remains imperiously aloof The post Notes from an author: Charles Foster appeared first on National...

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Notes from an author: Sarah Outen

Even for an elite kayaker, these remote Pacific islands are an intense place, challenging and inspiring in the same stroke, with back-breaking swells The post Notes from an author: Sarah Outen appeared...

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Notes from an author: Samantha Wilson

A magical first dive with a whale shark in the waters off Honduras’ Bay Islands, an idyllic Central American cay, inspired a fascination with this leviathan of the deep The post Notes from an author:...

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Notes from an author: Garrett Carr

The troubled past and uncertain future of the Irish borderland comes to life on an epic walking tour exploring the 300-mile divide between north and south The post Notes from an author: Garrett Carr...

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Notes from an author: L.A. Larkin

British-Australian thriller writer L.A. Larkin gets inspiration from the black beaches and abandoned whaling stations of the great white continent The post Notes from an author: L.A. Larkin appeared...

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Notes from an author: Chibundu Onuzo

How do you capture the spirit of Lagos, a city home to some 20 million people? It’s best done through one personal perspective at a time The post Notes from an author: Chibundu Onuzo appeared first on...

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Notes from an author: Carla Capalbo

From orange-coloured wines vinified in the ground to platters of oozing cheese-filled bread, there’s a feast for the senses at the crossroads of Asia and Europe The post Notes from an author: Carla...

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Notes from an author: Tom Chesshyre

A journey along the Thames, from a Cotswolds meadow through London to the North Sea, reveals a region divided by Brexit, but is still quintessentially English The post Notes from an author: Tom...

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Notes from an author: Stephen O’Shea

Thanks to its unique mineral make up, the Italian side of the Alps is fertile ground for some of the world’s most colourful mountain myths The post Notes from an author: Stephen O’Shea appeared first...

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Notes from an author: Mark Rowe

A place of bleak, wild beauty, the islands off Scotland’s west coast are abuzz with tales of marauding water spirits, ghostly hamlets and psychic cows The post Notes from an author: Mark Rowe appeared...

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Notes from an author: Catherine Banner

The slow train from northern to southern Italy has Sicily as its destination, a fabled island where the ghosts of the past continue to shape its future The post Notes from an author: Catherine Banner...

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Notes from an author: Andrew May

Is there life on Mars? For a new generation of privately-funded space exploration programmes, the red planet is the next frontier for exploration The post Notes from an author: Andrew May appeared...

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Notes from an author: Nell Stevens

Challenging her fear of empty places, Nell Stevens took up a three-month writing fellowship on a small and remote outlying Falkland Island The post Notes from an author: Nell Stevens appeared first on...

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Notes from an author: Julia Buckley

Searching for a cure to chronic pain, Julia Buckley visited a country notorious for witch doctors and black magic — and found it utterly captivating The post Notes from an author: Julia Buckley...

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Notes from an author: Nadia Dalbuono

It’s easy to feel insignificant in a city whose living ruins mark some of the most triumphant accomplishments of civilisation — yet Rome’s magnetic pull is undeniable The post Notes from an author:...

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Notes from an author: Selina Siak Chin Yoke

The limestone hills that surround the city of Ipoh aren’t on the tourist map but their strange formations made them worth casting as a ‘character’ in a novel The post Notes from an author: Selina Siak...

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Notes from an author: Nina Caplan

While the Italian capital may not be renowned for its wine, there are routes connecting the city’s viticulture to its ancient heritage The post Notes from an author: Nina Caplan appeared first on...

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