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 historic site of the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium’s Walloon Brabant is getting ready for its annual commemoration of Napoleon’s last stand and the fight that put […]
Around 300 years ago, the San José galleon sank in the Caribbean. The ship is also known as the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks” as it is believed to have carried a […]
Comparing time zones around the planet is the stuff of stately hotels and buzzing newsrooms, conjuring the image of rows of authoritative clocks labelled with the […]
Belgium is a country with a rich diversity of cultures, history, art, and…bureaucracy. Yes, if you have had the pleasure of living in Belgium thus far, […]
Following the decision by a High Court judge to reject a legal challenge against plans to build a road tunnel under the Unesco World Heritage site, […]
Nestled within the ancient mountains of Northern Europe, in a Finnish outcrop, researchers have recently unearthed remnants of crust dating back over 3 billion years, proving […]
Since its acquisition for Queen Victoria by Prince Albert in 1852, Balmoral Castle has served as the Scottish residence of the royal family. Initially leased in […]
Petroglyphs are rock carvings or engravings found around the world. Dating as far back as 20,000 years, they attest the existence of humans on all continents […]
France has uncovered a previously lost 14th century castle, its national archaeological institute has revealed in a press release. Preventative dig The discovery was made underneath […]
Beleaguered Boeing is working on delivery of its next generation 777, the Boeing 777X, for a range of Middle East customers. Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways […]
Locking padlocks to bridges, building stone cairns on pathways and even carving names into monuments – there are many ways in which tourists leave something of […]
Brussels is applying for UNESCO Intangtible Heritage status for two of the capital’s long-standing traditions. Duty to preserve, value and pass on Both the flower carpet […]
Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, begins this year at sundown on Sunday, 10 March, and will end with Eid al-Fitr on Monday, 8 April. The most important […]
Five local lads in occupied Luxembourg refused a conscription order to fight for the Germans in World War Two. They went into hiding in a home-made […]
The Colombian government is preparing an expedition to investigate the San José galleon, also known as the “Holy Grail of shipwrecks”. The galleon is thought to […]
Based on a lunisolar calendar, the Chinese New Year differentiates from other Lunar New Years, as it takes into account both the Earth’s rotation around the […]