Fict: Katherine Dolan's blog

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Ghana in the Eyes of Odai Quaye

In 2025, my erudite friend Londoner Odai Quaye travelled to Accra for the first time to meet members of his extended family. In this interview, he shares his impressions of and thoughts on the country. You can hear him describe the trip in more detail and from the point of view of a neurodivergent traveller on the podcast Audible...

10 Roman Statues, Fleshed Out

Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare? His numbers, though they moved or seemed to move In marble or in bronze, lacked character. But boys and...

Your Free Forum Trivia Tour

Yesterday I decided it’s time I saw some more ancient Roman sights. After all, YOLO. I invited John to come along on the excursion...

Tropea: Three Months in Onion Town

Exactly a year ago, John and I were getting ready to leave Tropea, a small and almost impossibly picturesque coastal town in Calabria. In...

A Roman Rainbow

We’re in Rome, mainly for dentistry, but there is no shortage of less painful things to do in the Eternal City. It's always exciting...

Essence of Trieste

John and I spent three months in Trieste last year, with the goal of finally becoming reasonably proficient in Italian. The teachers at Piccola...

Otranto’s Marvellous Medieval Mosaic

We recently spent a few weeks in Otranto, the easternmost city of Italy’s mainland whose geographical situation—close to the Balkan peninsula—has shaped much of...

Tantalizing Tunisia

In January we visited Tunisia, which was (and remains) something of mystery to me. Despite that, the country has left me with vivid memories:...