Blogs in July 2024

Doing Life Differently in Thailand 5th July 2024

Realising in her early fifties that she needed to do life differently for a while, Mel seizes the opportunity of a few months with no responsibilities in her happy place, Thailand. Among the sun-soaked streets of Phuket’s Kata Beach,...

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The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn 4th July 2024

Cracked doesn’t always mean broken. Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs of Yanagi Inn for a client. As she explores the inn and its grounds, her camera captures striking images, uncovering layers...

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Two Friends on Many Roads: Travel Tales from Near and Far 3rd July 2024

Childhood reading pals Srianthi Perera and Romany Kadurugamuwa recount their travel experiences over a lifetime. The two friends have led almost parallel lives: they grew up in Sri Lanka and left their motherland soon after marriage. Srianthi lived in...

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Chain of Custody 30th June 2024

Inspector Gowda series #2 What does thirteen-year-old Nandita’s disappearance have to do with the murder of a prominent lawyer in a gated community? As Gowda investigates, he is suddenly embroiled in Bangalore’s child-trafficking racket. Negotiating insensitive laws, indifferent officials,...

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Bethnal Green 28th June 2024

Penang, 1971. When Suyin is offered the opportunity of a lifetime – a place as a trainee nurse in London’s Bethnal Green hospital – she jumps at the chance to leave her job as a seamstress and unite with...

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