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Thoughts and Truths on Travel Writing

  It is my belief that the days of freelance travel writers doing a quick tour of a place, sponsored by this airline, or that hotel are over. Finished. Dead in the water. Future travel guides are likely be written … Continue reading

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CATWOMAN: WHERE WAS KUCHING?

While it is always a pleasure to see Joanna Lumley, her documentary  Catwoman which she presented on ITV was flawed in the sense of significant omissions. Joanna played with the ubiquitous cats in Cairo’s Khan el-Kalili Bazaar, but little real … Continue reading

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WHEN WILL IT STOP?

We have the trial coming up in September of the Sudanese woman journalist who committed the so-called crime of wearing trousers in a restaurant in Khartoum. Penalty, if convicted, 40 lashes.And now, the equally conservative government of Malaysia, is to … Continue reading

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