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What is a Numbers Station
There is a famous quote from a spokesperson in what was at the time the Department of Trade and Industry…
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Spango Valley
Just south of Greenock, in Inverclyde, western Scotland, is a derelict business park called Spango Valley, and an associated closed…
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The Russian Woodpecker
On my visit to Chernobyl and Pripyat, one of the places I was taken to was a site known as…
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Visiting Pripyat
Whenever anyone thinks of visiting Chernobyl, what they think of often isn’t the power plant itself. Rather, it’s the pictures…
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Chernobyl City and the Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station was the scene of an explosion in April 1986. It was such a significant event…
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How to Visit Chernobyl
At the time of writing this blog post, Chernobyl has been off-limits to visitors for a number of years. It…
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I Was Born In Year Zero: The Killing Fields
I was born in Year Zero. To be absolutely precise, I was born a few months *after* the Khmer Rouge…
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Why you should visit St Kilda
St Kilda, as far as we know, never existed. The name is likely to have come from the Norse word…
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Podcast #026: Apartheid
Welcome to Episode 26 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. This week’s podcast episode is all about…
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Apartheid and discrimination in South Africa
When I mentioned about Apartheid on my Twitter timeline, I assumed it was a reference that everyone understood and could…
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Perceptions of Soweto
Soweto. South West Township. Somewhat boring name, but those six letters encompass so much about recent South African history, and…
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Podcast #014: Travelling in West Africa (Part Two)
Welcome to Episode 14 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. I’m still a bit behind, but only…
