A Break at Bolsover
Instead of driving straight for eight hours up the M1 to Northumberland the other week, I decided to take a break at Bolsover for a change. I’d read that it’s […]
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Mardın – A bit of old Syria in Eastern Turkey
On my late tour of eastern Anatolia, I was especially impressed with the historic core of Mardın. Tucked into the fertile Menderes valley, old Mardın preserves a layered past whose […]
Pompous and Forgotten in a Mediterranean Grave
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. (Sir Thomas Browne – Urne Burial) 6km eastward along the Mersin-Antalya coastal road, beyond the great […]
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