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.
The United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is unlikely to allow Boeing to step up manufacturing of its 737 Max for months, according to agency administrator, Mike […]
Spanish authorities have issued fines to four low-cost airlines over hand luggage charges and other abusive practices. Easyjet, Ryanair, Volotea and Vueling have all been fined […]
Landmines are possibly the most catastrophic weapons of war, after atomic bombs. They still affect people and areas decades after conflicts are resolved and, besides the […]
Tech billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates has revealed his annual list of summer reading recommendations for 2024. While Gates is an eclectic reader, his summer hit […]
Temperatures in Delhi, India have hit a new record high of 52.3°C, if provisional figures are verified, amid a punishing heatwave across the north and centre […]
Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula is on fire once again after a fifth volcanic eruption in six months. A 3.4-km fissure opened up on Wednesday, 29 May, less […]
Having spent the first thirteen years of life in ‘her beautiful Tervuren’ — Brussels’ answer to Paris’ Versailles — European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen […]
Another example of a person with reduced mobility experiencing unnecessary and dangerous difficulties when flying has been highlighted by a Canadian travel blogger, who said disembarking […]
Yesterday afternoon, a person died at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport after getting sucked into the engine of a plane that was preparing for takeoff. The exact circumstances […]
In December, Saudi Arabia will launch its first state-owned cruise line and its first cruise vessel. The Aroya, as both the cruise line and ship are […]
The tourist entry fee introduced in Venice, Italy, this April has been heavily criticised by opponents who say it has completely failed to reduce tourist numbers […]
Following major renovation works, the house of Peter Paul Rubens, one of the five great Flemish artists, will be reopening to visitors on 30 August. A […]