I’ve been to a lot of music festivals, but Wilderness Festival is undoubtedly the fanciest. Wilderness is a four-day boutique festival held in early August each year set in the rolling…
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There’s a lot you don’t know about Svalbard. I didn’t know much about this little island in the Norwegian Arctic before I arrived either – but after spending a week in…
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For most of the year, Hay-on-Wye is just a quiet Welsh village. But for ten days each spring, over 250,000 people descend on Hay-on-Wye. They fill the narrow streets, they book…
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Welcome to Pyramiden, Svalbard: population 7 High up in the north of Norway in the Svalbard archipelago is a town called Longyearbyen. It’s generally known as the northernmost town in the…
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This is the house I was born in. It’s the only family home I’ve ever known. This is where my parents brought me as a baby in March 1988; to a…
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One morning, I am staring upside down at the Mediterranean sea. This is sailing in Mallorca. The calm voice of our yoga instructor tells us to step out of Downward Dog…
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Going urban exploring in Scotland was an accident. One of those worldwide pursuits which stays relatively secretive for a few reasons, urban exploring (or ‘UrbEx’) is the activity of those who…
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My first view of Ronda was a row of cliffside houses. They teetered on the very edge of a sheer drop, as if there was nothing to prevent these small white…
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England Europe Grief Mental Health Personal ScotlandThree Months as an Orphan, an Ice House and a Search for ‘Home’
In January, I came home to a broken boiler. After celebrating the New Year in Cuba, I’d spent two straight days flying from Havana to Toronto to London – and I…
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My dad always loved flowers. On October 20th this year he turned 79 years old, and I spent that morning trying to decide what was suitable to give him. I hadn’t…