The guide at the National Gallery in London wasn’t entirely sure where I might find Rubens. She furrowed […]
A few years ago I took the pledge and did the Dryathlon in January. It seemed like a […]
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At six o’clock in the evening on June 8, a small crowd gathers by a wall in the […]
My mother was born in the middle of a gun battle. A cold January night at the height […]
My first encounter with Dean Karnazes came in the early summer of 2014. I was about to embark […]
Just a few hours after finishing Another Man’s War, I read a report on the Al Jazeera news […]
It was inevitable there would be a few nerves. After two and a half years of hard work, […]
Not many people will know the name Sherif Othman. Maybe a few geeky pub-quizzers but for the most […]
Like many people this morning, my thoughts are with David Bowie who has died in New York from […]
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