Reading inspiration: Canada and Kit Coleman
The story of Kit Coleman – the world’s first woman war correspondent Whilst living in Toronto, I wanted to learn about the people who had helped make the city what…
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The story of Kit Coleman – the world’s first woman war correspondent Whilst living in Toronto, I wanted to learn about the people who had helped make the city what…
As you would rightly assume from reading this blog, I love reading and travelling. I’ve used books as inspiration and travel guides as I’ve lived and worked across various countries.…
Now some people may laugh, but I have a very particular way of teaching myself a language and that is to read children’s books. Not only does it have a…
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown was very popular when it was first released in 2004 and long after.However it was also widely criticised, especially by the Church as…
The second leg of the Road Trip in books: I'm back on the road and riding the literary highway..(sorry) 7. 1984 by George Orwell – A warning of what could and…
2025: In Wilhelmsburg, Hamburg’s so-called ‘problem area’, an American couple is found brutally murdered in a derelict villa.
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