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.
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 […]
Every year since 2013, Europa Nostra (the European Voice of Civil Society Committed to Cultural and Natural Heritage) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) select seven […]
As Japan’s Transport Safety Board, French investigators and Airbus officials continue to unpick what happened to Japan Airlines Flight JAL 516 after the extraordinary survival of […]
The Netherlands, like every country in the world, has its own Christmas traditions. Some are similar if not identical to those of other countries. Some are […]
Christmas just doesn’t seem right without going to the market, strolling along the handicraft stalls, having some mulled wine, admiring the decorations, trees and lights. Even […]
Even though it’s just a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, besides movie star residences, Hollywood is also famous for the big, white letters that look out over […]
Belgium’s national railway company (known as NMBS or SNCB depending on which part of the country you’re from) was paid millions for its services to Nazi […]
Belgium might be a small country but for centuries it has been a crossroad of cultures, trade and intellectual exchange. It was also at the epicenter […]
As the vivid autumn hues paint the landscapes and the crisp breeze whispers through the rustling leaves, communities across the globe gear up for the eagerly […]
A woman powders her cheeks and forehead, the area above her lips. Her eyes are surrounded by blackness. She smiles and continues with the task, one […]