‘Somerville is a rambler, a wayfarer, a traveller or byways that lead him to discover matters of interest in unexpected places. In this he resembles the poet and the travel…
‘Offers invaluable information … clear, colourful maps, driving times from major cities, descriptions of the regions and their wines, short and lengthy itineraries and times and places for local wine…
…the forces of silencing and simplification. It is anything but an effortless read, but it does wedge open a space wherein, for a moment, it feels possible to genuinely listen.’…
…of step with the electorate and became a victim of its own remote institutional logic, at odds with an increasingly open, meritocratic society. Charting the crisis from its 1990s origins…
…can still protect by being in the EU.’ Anthony Gardner, US Ambassador to the European Union from 2014-2017 Since 1957, the EU has developed to become an open and…
…at least 500 years for India to be able to govern itself. Thirty years later, in August 1947, India became a sovereign, free nation. Mihir Bose, born just seven months…
…she was born a ‘free person,’ the daughter of a black mother and white Scottish army officer. Ron Ramdin – who, like Seacole, was born in the Caribbean and emigrated…
…country whose contradictions, attractions and absurdities are still largely unknown to many people outside her borders. JENS MÜHLING studied literature at the Free University of Berlin and in Norwich, at…