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Drawing on the strength of the Syrian people
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Drawing on the strength of the Syrian people. Drawing on the strength of the Syrian people. There are more than 1.1 million children among the 2.3 million Syrians who have been driven into exile since the civil war broke out in 2011, according to a UN report published last week (November 29). George Butler. An artist and illustrator specialising in travel and current affairs, met some of them earlier this year on the Syrian-Turkish border. He desc...
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Picture stories
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. 8216;Wildlife photography is a bit like going to the casino. 8216;: an interview with Marsel van Oosten, Travel Photographer of the Year. A family outing to hunt alligators in Louisiana. The smell of wet earth: monsoon in Bangladesh. Drawing on the strength of the Syrian people. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. An extract from ‘Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka’ by John Gimlette. If you would like to see.
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Meet the artist: George Butler
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Meet the artist: George Butler. Meet the artist: George Butler. On July 2, 2015. The artist and illustrator George Butler, whose work has featured before on Deskbound Traveller. Will be giving a talk on August 23 at the Imperial War Museum North. Where his drawings of Afghanistan are currently being exhibited. Meanwhile, you can learn more about how and why he does his job in an excellent video made by the film team of. Art of war: Afghanistan.
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Justin Marozzi’s Baghdad book: still time to win a copy
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Justin Marozzi’s Baghdad book: still time to win a copy. Justin Marozzi’s Baghdad book: still time to win a copy. On July 16, 2015. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. An extract from ‘Elephant Complex: Travels in Sri Lanka’ by John Gimlette. Subscribe to our feed here. If you would like to see. Prosper, please consider making a donation, however small, to help me help my contributors. Back to Top ↑.
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Baghdad book winners
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. On July 22, 2015. Happy reading to my competition winners, who will each be receiving a paperback of Justin Marozzi’s. Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood. With which he collected this year’s RSL Ondaatje Prize. Sally Huband, Richard Hughes, Kevin Mosedale, Angela Rogers and Joshua Woodcock. And thanks to the Royal Society of Literature for putting up the prize. It will be sending out the books early next week. Required fields are marked *.
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Bringing Andalusia to London
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Bringing Andalusia to London. Bringing Andalusia to London. On July 6, 2015. Steven Nightingale, whose excellent new book about Andalusia. I reviewed recently, will be in conversation at the London Review Bookshop on July 16 with Robert Irwin, that witty debunker of myths about the Alhambra. For details, see the bookshop’s website. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Subscribe to our feed here. Back to Top ↑.
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Norman Maclean’s Montana
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Norman Maclean’s Montana. Norman Maclean’s Montana. On July 7, 2015. I’m off to a literary festival, so, to satisfy the insurers of the media organisation that’s commissioned me, I’ve had to fill in a risk assessment. Well, it is a literary festival dedicated to the work of Norman Maclean. Maclean published only two books. The first,. A River Runs through It and Other Stories. The second book,. Young Men and Fire. A River Runs through It. Was publ...
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Ferlinghetti, a traveller from space in Marrakesh
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Ferlinghetti, a traveller from space in Marrakesh. Ferlinghetti, a traveller from space in Marrakesh. On August 1, 2015. In an extract on the website Longreads. From his forthcoming book. Writing Across the Landscape. The poet and painter Lawrence Ferlinghetti reports on arriving in Marrakesh knowing nothing of the place, “like a space traveller in a time warp”:. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *.
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Still time to hear ‘Sixty Degrees North’
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Bull; Travel books. Still time to hear ‘Sixty Degrees North’. Still time to hear ‘Sixty Degrees North’. On August 5, 2015. Malachy Tallack’s excellent. Polygon), about his journey round the 60th parallel, was Book of the Week on Radio 4 last month while I was away. If you missed it too, there’s still time to listen to it on the BBC iPlayer. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Subscribe to our feed here.
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Travel books
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Writing that takes you away. Writing that takes you away. Review of ‘Island Home’. Dyer and the Northern Dark:. Review of ‘White Sands: Experiences from the Outside World’. The sublime, the picturesque — and the fascist. Review of ‘Landskipping’. Bryson’s splendid harrumphs:. Review of ‘The Road to Little Dribbling’. Birds, Wales and Israel: review of ‘Losing Israel’. Interview with Robert Macfarlane. Israel, Palestine and a life on the road:. Interview with Dervla Murphy. American road, English reserve:.