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Ghana in the Eyes of Odai Quaye

Africa
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...
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Rory Gallagher’s Hardboiled Blues

Detective Fiction
Rory Gallagher, for those whose ears have not yet been blessed, was Ireland's Archdruid of bluesy rock, a virtuoso on the guitar, an electrifying...
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Structured Chaos (at Altitude) with Victor Saunders

Memoir
Victor Saunders is a pretty big name in mountaineering. Since taking up climbing in 1978, he has been on more than ninety expeditions, accumulating...
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St Stephen’s Green, 1916

Europe
On April 24 1916, a group of about 1,250 armed Irish Republicans launched an insurgency in the heart of Dublin. Demanding an end to...
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Elizabethan Writers & Ireland

Europe
One of the most surprising things about Youghal, to me anyway, was that Sir Walter Raleigh used to live there. His house, Myrtle Grove,...
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10 Youghal Things

Europe
We spent this March in a town named Youghal. Depending on who you ask, it's pronounced 'Y'all', 'yoll' or 'yowl' and derives from the...
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The Great Irish Greenway

Europe
The Dungarvan-Waterford Greenway is the longest in Ireland, 46 kilometers of peaceful pedalling and pacing through the green south-east. Following the line of a...
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Six Reading Aids for Dantedì

Medieval
Dante Alighieri, who died 700 years ago today, is kind of a big deal. Italy considers him the father of modern Italian and last...
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Dungarvan Days

Europe
We recently spent a month in a coastal town in Waterford County in south-eastern Ireland that is divided into two parts: Dungarvan and Abbeyside,...
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A New Address

Featured
I'm very pleased to announce that the boxes are all unpacked and the welcome mat is out! This right here is my new digital...
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A Whirlwind Tour of Waterford

Europe
A few weeks ago we moved house from Dublin to Dungarvan. The journey was divided in three discrete stages: a train to Waterford, a...
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Touring South-West China with Davide Melia

Asia
This week I’d like to introduce you to Davide Melia, creator of ‘South West China with Davide Melia’ on Patreon. Davide lives in the Dehong Dai...
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A Change is Gonna Come

News
I’m extremely excited to announce that I’m moving to a new site very soon. It’s going to have a better design, so not only...
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