We all feel it sometimes. The need to get away..to escape. The village, town, city or even country we live in gets too small and begins to squeeze the life out of us. To suffocate us. It's no different here obviously. Even though 'here' is the release for a lot of people. To us, and others who live here, the squeeze can get too tight.
So the need for travel erupts and off we go. In the last few days we have been all over the world. To Jerusalem with Simon Sebag Montefiore; to Gaza with Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish; we have explored the universe with Richard Dawkins; to Sierra Leone with Aminatta Forna. Along the way we feasted on recipes from Josceline Dimbleby and David Thompson and were entertained by DBC Pierre and Tom Stoppard.
I am referring to the Literary Festival
Simply put, if you were not here you missed out.
It is spoiling to say the least that when the need to travel emerges...such as it did after a busy few weeks preparing for the Christmas and New Year madness...we can travel the universe within a few paces.
Hi All...nice to see the site (which I always enjoyed) becoming active...hope to be at the 13 Literary Festival...gawd, yes, how the place has changed...big boats, big roads, big skyscrapers..all a bit diferent from my first trip in 81...cheers, Pat. Sydney, Oz
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