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 travellerIsrael: A week or two challenging my preconceptions, railing at injustice and dreaming of peaceWith 35,000 Palestinian civilians dead, as well as 100+ Israeli hostages still separated from their families, it would be impossible for me…Apr 27
Linda LockeinMidformA Virtual Day Trip To ParisIf you can’t travel to Paris, you can make it come to you.Jul 47Jul 47
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 13Jun 13
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 travellerIsrael: A week or two challenging my preconceptions, railing at injustice and dreaming of peaceWith 35,000 Palestinian civilians dead, as well as 100+ Israeli hostages still separated from their families, it would be impossible for me…Apr 27
Linda LockeinMidformA Virtual Day Trip To ParisIf you can’t travel to Paris, you can make it come to you.Jul 47
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
Linda LockeinMidformI’m Planning A Virtual Vacation This SummerSince I can’t go in person, I’ll do some armchair traveling insteadJun 166
Armchair travellerIreland: In search of the Irish Birmingham of my childhoodBeing raised a Catholic in 1970–80s Birmingham often meant being the only non-Irish-heritage person in the class, the church or the pub. I…Apr 6
Janice MacdonaldinTourist in My Own CountryThe Elusive Appeal of Gruissan BeachI love it, my visitors prefer something more Mediterranean Mar 2815
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