Deborah O’Donoghue is a British-Irish writer who has lived in the UK, France and 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 Legend Press in 2019 and comes out in Germany in 2021. Follow Deborah on Twitter and Instagram.
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Italian officials are currently investigating a British tourist who was discovered defacing the Domus of the Vestals, located on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pompeii. The […]
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Florence locals are reacting with outrage following an incident involving an English-speaking tourist and a historical fountain. It is not the first time tourists are being […]
Venice is capping tourist group sizes and placing restrictions on tour guide activity in the latest bid by the world-famous lagoon city to protect its UNESCO […]
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A century-old rock pathway clinging to one of the world’s most picturesque coastlines has re-opened after a 12-year closure for repairs. The 900-metre Via dell’Amore, or “Path of […]
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