Wandering the world

A gap in my travel experience resume There is a gap of almost three years between the London trip of this post and my last travel...

A little bit of background This post documents the six weeks I spent in London in 2023 during my time as the Global Education Manager for an international travel assistance company. The organisation I worked for was owned by a large insurance firm. The team provided travel assistance to policy holders from the parent company and a number of other insurers and organisations. I had left academia in May 2021 and worked in the newly-created role until August 2023. What a wild ri

British author, Kate Atkinson, can do no wrong in my eyes. I've read all of her books but have only reviewed her 2022 historical fiction, Shrines of gaiety , and her collection of short stories so far on my blog. I fell in love with Atkinson's writing with my first read, Behind the scenes at the museum, published in 1995. Her books are superbly British, full of vivid characters, and simply beautifully written. The Jackson Brodie books are among by favourite British crime nov

You'll know that I am a fan of Alice Feeney is you've read my Alice Feeney round up post where I review the six books the author had written at that point. Other than I know who you are, I've given all top ratings. I like Feeney's novels as they are a unique take on the dark and complex thriller genre. They're sometimes a little bonkers, but mostly just intelligently written. Feeney's novels are one example of why I love the genre: I admire writers who can come up with cleve