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I’ve got two new zines out.
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So I’m back in the UK. For good now. Most of this week has been taken up with house-hunting, arranging…
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So I’ve finally put up all the photos I took in Japan. Below is a summary and links to each…
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Here’s a Spotify playlist I made while I was in Japan, of Japanese artists and music that matched my mood…
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One of our final stop-offs in Japan was Hiroshima. Hiroshima is most famous for being the first city (and so…
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An important aspect of Japanese shrines and temples are ema plaques (the name 絵馬 literally means “picture horse”). These are…
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While we were in Nara we also visited a traditional Japanese tea garden. Unfortunately the tea house was shut, and…
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Our final stop in Japan before flying home from Osaka was Nara. In the 700s it was the capital of…
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While I was in Japan we visited the island of Okunoshima. In the Second World War it was a top…
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I have a zine of articles about children’s writer Diana Wynne Jones (of Howl’s Moving Castle et al) I wrote…
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Benesse House on Naoshima doesn’t allow photos of their modern art collection, so here is a selection of works I…
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Naoshima is tiny idyllic island in the Seto Inland sea devoted to modern art. The opening of the Benesse modern art…
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Kyoto is famous for its Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, many of which are UNESCO world heritage sites. There are…
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Here’s some more photos of Kyoto. I have split the pictures up into several entries. You can see more photos…
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When I was in Japan I went to the Studio Ghibli Museum just outside of Tokyo. Sadly pictures were not allowed…
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Here’s some photos of details of the Zen moss gardens of Kyoto.
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Here’s some photos of Kyoto. I have split the pictures up into several entries. You can see more photos from…
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Here’s a selection of instagram photos I took in Tokyo. I felt I was giving it short shrift only having…
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I took a lot of photos in Japan, and it’s taken me a while to sort through them. I’ll be…
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So I haven’t updated here for over a month, and updates have been thin on the ground all year. That’s…
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I have been in Austria for a week and a half now for teaching work. I meant to update last…
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I’m in Brno in the Czech Republic for a week before starting work in Austria next week. The Czech Republic…
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This March I’m going to Japan for two weeks with my friend Vicky (also of Pen Fight zine distro), co-inciding…
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After Malcesine, Limone sul Garda and Riva del Garda, I present to you Torbole. I went to Torbole just because…
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So far I’ve shown you Malcesine and Limone sul Garda. I also took the boat to Riva del Garda at…
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Now I’m heading over to Limone sul Garda on the other side of the lake. I didn’t spend much money…
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At the end of May I went on a last-minute trip to Italy by myself. I had given up my…
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My mother lives in a small town in Northern France called Lassay-les-Châteaux. For a few years she’s had a holiday…
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I love to travel, but I don’t have much money. Although long-haul flights and luxury holidays are out of my…
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I went to Mont St Michel last week for the first time in years. It’s a medieval abbey on an…
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My daytrip round the Øresund in Denmark and Sweden.
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About 6 weeks ago I went on a short break to Denmark and Sweden. It shows how busy I’ve been…
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Tomorrow I’m going on holiday to Copenhagen for 5 days, somewhere I’ve never been before. I’ve visited Iceland, Finland and…
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Here’s an interesting place just outside Rabat in Morocco. Chellah was a Roman city, which later became a necropolis for…


































