How a small Scottish fishing village became a home for refugees from another planet. Back in summer 2023 my husband and I took a long weekend break to the North East of England. We stayed in the tiny village of Bamburgh, which has a stunningly large castle, completely disproportionate to the population around it. I … Continue reading New Year, New Asgard
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Sad news was announced recently - the beloved Australian soap Neighbours has been cancelled due to cost and the main funder UK’s Channel 5 pulling out. https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/neighbours-canceled-rested-1235194930/ I watched this show when I was a teenager in the 90s - it was always on at lunch time and repeated when I got home from school. … Continue reading Neighbours Nostalgia
Last month I posted a list of UK locations I’d like to visit once the world gets calmer and the idea of global travel gets taken for granted again. At this very moment I’d be happy just to be able to visit Liverpool – this week I missed the chance to see Doctor Who filming … Continue reading Future Plans – fantasy location edition
There’s a moment of delight when you discover that somewhere you assumed was just set turns out to be a real place. This happened when my now husband and I were planning our trip to New York in 2018 and I bought a copy of a New York DK Eyewitness Guide to do some research. … Continue reading Real Fake News Building
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