Armchair travellerJamaica: Vital food and music, tragic literature and dated films, all doused in rumFor an island I’ve never seen, Jamaica has a surprisingly special place in my heart… I guess it’s because the Birmingham/Jamaica link is…Jul 6
Armchair travellerGuyana: A wealth of vegan food and sugary rum in the only ex-British colony in South AmericaLike so many South American countries, Guyana has a history rich in suffering, slavery and European title fighting. Although it…Sep 24, 2023
Linda LockeinMidformA Virtual Day Trip To ParisIf you can’t travel to Paris, you can make it come to you.Jul 46Jul 46
Armchair travellerThe Gambia: A week in a land of Bumsters, pap and insane colonial bordersThe more African countries I armchair explore, the more astounded I am that the continent continues to function despite the post-colonial…Jan 16, 2023Jan 16, 2023
Linda LockeinMidformI’m Planning A Virtual Vacation This SummerSince I can’t go in person, I’ll do some armchair traveling insteadJun 166Jun 166
Armchair travellerJamaica: Vital food and music, tragic literature and dated films, all doused in rumFor an island I’ve never seen, Jamaica has a surprisingly special place in my heart… I guess it’s because the Birmingham/Jamaica link is…Jul 6
Armchair travellerGuyana: A wealth of vegan food and sugary rum in the only ex-British colony in South AmericaLike so many South American countries, Guyana has a history rich in suffering, slavery and European title fighting. Although it…Sep 24, 2023
Linda LockeinMidformA Virtual Day Trip To ParisIf you can’t travel to Paris, you can make it come to you.Jul 46
Armchair travellerThe Gambia: A week in a land of Bumsters, pap and insane colonial bordersThe more African countries I armchair explore, the more astounded I am that the continent continues to function despite the post-colonial…Jan 16, 2023
Linda LockeinMidformI’m Planning A Virtual Vacation This SummerSince I can’t go in person, I’ll do some armchair traveling insteadJun 166
Armchair travellerFrench Guiana: Nothing like France, nowhere near France, still part of FranceNot so long ago there was a British, a Dutch, a French, a Spanish, and a Portuguese Guiana, but colonies tend to collapse and so only…Jun 21, 2023
Armchair travellerItaly: Where everything tastes great and nothing ever goes wrong.The world is a peculiar place. Two million young Italians have left their homeland since 2008, some of them moving to Birmingham. But why…Jun 13
Armchair travellerGuadeloupe: The Island of beautiful waters where the EU and the Caribbean meetThree thousand years ago and four thousand miles from France the Arawak people landed on the islands that are now Guadeloupe and named them…Jul 16, 2023