Deborah O’Donoghue is a reporter at Travel Tomorrow. This British-Irish writer lived in the UK and France before moving to Belgium. She has travelled all over the world and worked in car body repairs, in the best fish ‘n’ chip shop in Brighton, and been a gopher in a comedy club, as well as a teacher. She’s a past winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. Her début novel, Sea of Bones, was published by the UK's Legend Press in 2019 and Droemer Knaur Germany in 2021.
I’ve recently begun the Promenade Verte, a 60 km trail around the outskirts of Brussels, taking in lovingly-tended guerrilla allotments and sneak previews of the old […]
Superyachts and the question of where to safely harbour them have been in the news after the August 2024 sinking of the Bayesian during a storm in the […]
One of the less-commonly talked of effects of climate change is the risk to humanity’s cultural heritage, with rising sea levels likely to cause the disappearance […]
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With Earth’s human population spreading into previously unpopulated areas, more of the planet’s territory will need to be shared between animals and the human race in […]
Princess Cruises has announced its biggest Caribbean cruise season ever for summer 2026. Two of the so-called “Love Boat” cruise line’s ships will be dedicated to the region, […]
Ryanair has lost a years-long legal battle in Italy over charging people extra to book seats next to minors or passengers needing assistance. What’s the row […]
Film and television are known for their ability to inspire tourists to seek out their favourite shows’ locations, but Shanxi Province, China, is now seeing an influx of […]
A new AI humanoid robot, designed by Chinese firm Stardust Intelligence, has been showcased at the 2024 World Robot Conference in Beijing, with claims from its […]
The moon could one day provide storage for a genetic back-up of Earth’s species, scientists have proposed. Background Scientists around the world have long been working […]
The number of people suffering heat-related deaths in Europe could increase three-fold in the next 75 years, European Commission researchers have found, with poorer populations and […]
Over the past year, United States aviation officials have referred over 40 cases of air passenger misconduct to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), including incidents […]
Environmental experts and activists have voiced concern over the destruction of almost half a million trees by Elon Musk’s Tesla gigafactory near Berlin. Half a million […]
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