Patrick lives and works in Brussels, Belgium, his day job dedicated to protecting the environment, his spare time to writing fiction, poetry and art reviews. He grew up in Germany, Australia, Japan and England, and studied Physics and Philosophy in the UK, French language and civilization in France and Mexican literature of the 20th century in Mexico. His short stories have appeared in Coffin Bell, Night Picnic Press, Beyond Words, The Brussels Review, and in 101 Words. His poetry collection, Urban Enigmas, will come out as a chapbook in 2025, produced by Dipity Press.
Most of us take respect for our human rights for granted, but unfortunately, human rights abuses have been proliferating and not only in far too many […]
A communications blackout will be imposed on the cardinals gathering for the papal election conclave that follows the death of Pope Francis on 21 April. An […]
Following India’s targeted military strikes under Operation Sindoor on 6 May 2025, major commercial airlines are rerouting flights to avoid Pakistani and northern Indian airspace. The […]
A Soviet spacecraft launched in 1972 that failed to reach its original destination is expected to make an uncontrolled return to Earth within the next few […]
With remakes of old travel and sci-fi adventure movies and TV shows hitting our consciousness, from theatre productions of Stranger Things and Back to the Future, […]
According to a new study by British consumer magazine Which?, many hotel chains are offering their guests a more limited amount of time inside their rooms […]
Amid a well-reported decline in foreign tourist arrivals to the USA, industry stakeholders have spoken out about the “collateral damage” to the travel sector caused by […]
Around three hours by train from the Romanesque grandeur, Gothic turrets and Baroque hustle and bustle of Prague, lies Ostrava. Czechia’s third largest city, it’s the […]
The once-promising tourist economy in Kashmir, revived after years of uneasy calm, has collapsed almost overnight. The sharp decline in visitor numbers follows the 22 April 2025 […]
US President Donald Trump has ordered the re-opening of the former prison and historic tourist attraction Alcatraz as a penitentiary, according to a post he made […]
On May 6, 2025, Brussels honoured the tradition and craftsmanship of Belgian chocolate by designating it as an Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Brussels-Capital Region. Celebrated […]
Travel vlogger Nick Maddock, an American who originally lived in Missouri, has had his worst experience so-far after travelling the world for eight years. The vlogger […]
US authorities have announced that Romania will no longer be part of the visa-free travel list. The European country had only been added to the list […]
EasyJet has “humiliated” a mother who attempted to board a flight carrying breast milk, news outlets are reporting. Daisy Crawford was due to fly from Bristol […]