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Kazakhstan: Throat singing, organic vodka & vegan horse sausage — a Kazoutstanding adventure!

When not armchair travelling, I am trying to real-life-travel to every country in Europe, which will hopefully at some point include, to…

3d ago

Kazakhstan: Throat singing, organic vodka & vegan horse sausage — a Kazoutstanding adventure!

3d ago

Jordan: A nomadic paradise increasingly short of nomads

Despite its small size, I found it hard to get my bearings in the Hashemite Kingdon of Jordan. I couldn’t decide whether to read about its…

Oct 11

Jordan: A nomadic paradise increasingly short of nomads

Oct 11

Japan in Birmingham: My past echoes back through food, film, music and more

Although I haven’t been to Japan for 24 years, you’ll still find me banging on about it at any given opportunity. This is partly due to a…

Oct 6

Japan in Birmingham: My past echoes back through food, film, music and more

Oct 6

Jamaica: Vital food and music, tragic literature and dated films, all doused in rum

For an island I’ve never seen, Jamaica has a surprisingly special place in my heart… I guess it’s because the Birmingham/Jamaica link is…

Jul 6

Jamaica: Vital food and music, tragic literature and dated films, all doused in rum

Jul 6

Italy: Where everything tastes great and nothing ever goes wrong.

The world is a peculiar place. Two million young Italians have left their homeland since 2008, some of them moving to Birmingham. But why…

Jun 13

Italy: Where everything tastes great and nothing ever goes wrong.

Jun 13

Israel: A week or two challenging my preconceptions, railing at injustice and dreaming of peace

With 35,000 Palestinian civilians dead, as well as 100+ Israeli hostages still separated from their families, it would be impossible for me…

Apr 27

Israel: A week or two challenging my preconceptions, railing at injustice and dreaming of peace

Apr 27

Ireland: In search of the Irish Birmingham of my childhood

Being raised a Catholic in 1970–80s Birmingham often meant being the only non-Irish-heritage person in the class, the church or the pub. I…

Apr 6

Ireland: In search of the Irish Birmingham of my childhood

Apr 6

Iraq: Enthralled by the food and music of a country still recovering from decades of British…

I’ve heard it said that Iraq is a purposefully-failed state created when the polyglot, explorer, diplomat and archaeologist Getrude “of…

Mar 21

Iraq: Enthralled by the food and music of a country still recovering from decades of British…

Mar 21

A week in Iran revelling in Persian food and diving into a culture of lost hope…

I felt a kinship with Iran ever since I found out that my great grandmother lived in Persia back in the 1800s. What she called Persia, the…

Feb 24

A week in Iran revelling in Persian food and diving into a culture of lost hope…

Feb 24

Indonesia: Tempeh tantrums, dissapointing books and confusion reigns

My first trip to Indonesia was in 1995. I mainly spent it on buses and boats plodding through forests that teemed with life, eating tempeh…

Feb 11

Indonesia: Tempeh tantrums, dissapointing books and confusion reigns

Feb 11

Armchair traveller

Armchair traveller

Near-zero carbon travel through books, drinks, food, films, music and the magic of living in multicultural #Birmingham.

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