Blogs in September 2021

Butler Did It! 20th September 2021

When Katherine Annenberg, a beautiful South African photographer scuba diving in the Seychelles, saves a drowning man, she discovers that someone is trying to kill both of them. A chance rescue by Matthew Butler and his sidekick Tommy Cooper,...

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The Loneliest Tree in the World: An English Family in Seychelles 11th August 2020

This is the final volume in the English Family in Seychelles series, following the fortunes of Martin and Joanna Varley and their four children, who have packed up their troubles and left the UK for a new life in...

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There’s a Centipede in My Pyjamas: An English Family in Seychelles 11th August 2020

t’s February 2011, the recession is in full swing and jobs are harder to come by than honest politicians. Things are looking grim for unemployed conservationist Martin Varley until he lands a dream job in the Seychelles. He, his...

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A Gecko Blew Up My Toaster: An English Family in Seychelles 11th August 2020

Martin and Joanna Varley and their four homeschooled children have moved from recession-racked UK to the idyllic islands of Seychelles. But it is anything but paradise. They have already had to adjust to sharing their house with cockroaches and...

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Hard Times in Paradise: The History of Seychelles 1827-1919 11th August 2020

“Hard Times in Paradise” describes life in the Seychelles islands under the British, first as a Dependency of Mauritius and later as one of the Empire’s smallest Crown colonies. The story opens in 1827, the year that saw the...

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