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Macbeth and Other Mixed Metaphors

February 26, 2021by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Friday Night, Holy Night; all is calm, all is bright. My response to the various days of the week has been conditioned entirely by my school and work experience. Sundays […]

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Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sun

February 19, 2021by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

I had a strange dream last night in which I received an unexpected parcel from the postman. It turned out to be a titanium wrist-watch, a very expensive one, but […]

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Discos and Mausoleums in Bodrum

November 13, 2018by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Bodrum, ancient Halicarnassus and birth-place of Herodotus, is nowadays the quintessential resort town of western Turkey, brash and modern and home to one of the flashiest discos in the world. […]

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TB or not TB – Keats in Rome

October 4, 2016by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Let me confess straight off that Keats is my favourite Romantic poet. This despite being made to study him at school, which is usually a killer for just about any […]

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I’m a winner!

July 7, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

I just found out that I won the Olympus SZ-31MR camera with my winning tip about the Italian Lakes for the Saturday Guardian –  

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Most relaxed shark

June 22, 2012by theromantictraveller Leave a comment

Occasionally you hear something on the radio during the interminable school run that really lifts your spirits. Oblomov, the famous 19th century Russian novel by Goncharov, has as its hero […]

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