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.
You may have already seen the famous blue stone of Tournai, Belgium, without realising it. Alongside textiles, it is an export the city is famous for, […]
Even though Plato, who first wrote down the story of Atlantis, died almost 2,500 years ago, his story has been told and retold ever since. The myth […]
A recent study has reignited the longstanding debate about how the ancient Egyptians constructed the iconic pyramids, suggesting that hydraulic technology might have played a pivotal […]
No trip to London is arguably complete without a visit to the National Portrait Gallery and its Portrait Award, relaunched the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024. This is the […]
After Liverpool’s waterfront was delisted as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2021, it is now the all-time British classic of the Tower of London, of which the earliest […]
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Seoul is set to receive a remarkable architectural upgrade to its Hanwha Galleria shopping centre in the wealthy Apgujeong-dong neighbourhood. The design proposal, crafted by UK-based […]
A long-lost portrait of the English monarch Henry VIII has been rediscovered thanks to a post on X. London-based art historian Adam Busiakiewicz was the one to first […]
During its 46th session of the Unesco World Heritage Committee, taking place in New Delhi, the body has decided to add Italy’s Via Appia Regina Viarum to […]
In these complex times of international conflict, a contemplative visit to Prague Cemetery helps. No, not the novel by Umberto Eco, and no, not the famous Jewish […]
France’s River Garonne has a new bridge in the southwestern port city of Bordeaux. Designed by Dutch architects OMA, the project aimed to create not just […]
In 500 years’ time everyone in Japan will have the same surname, a Japanese demographics expert has predicted. Professor Hiroshi Yoshida, a researcher in the impact […]
Tourism to Türkiye is increasing thanks to the power of the small screen, according to cultural analysts who have spotted the trend for TV-and-film-driven travel making […]