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Wonder Women Festival Planning 2016 | give a whoop to the quilters!

In three years, British women will have much to celebrate. In three years, it will be 100 years since women first won the (partial) right to vote. That right was the culmination of a long, hard struggle – and although … Continue reading

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Postcard: street art in Rio de Janeiro

Over the last three years, I’ve occassionally heard about people taking street art tours. I would never have thought about taking one, but while I was traveling in July I took two, and they were two highlights of my time away from … Continue reading

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What are you eating? Part 1 – Brazil

Over the next few months as we travel through South America we’re hoping to try a few new foods and drinks that will tempt our taste buds. What’s great about travelling is that you don’t need to go to fancy … Continue reading

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Fish market, Ubatuba SP – Brazil

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Eva,72,Solo backpacker, grandma, and artist.

Originally posted on a (re)rooted journey in South America| Funkysudaka:
Sunset in Fortaleza Eva is 72 years old although her couchsurfing profile says 62 (as a recommendation from her granddaughter who thought people would be less likely to host…

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ARTEZ + LONAC…

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Fog Spotters

So I wake up and its a foggy day, as a press photographer this is a good time to be creative and go out just shooting. The phone rings and its the news desk, they asked could I go to Manchester airport … Continue reading

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Monday’s Featured artist: FAYE QUINN

Faye Quinn, Contact Light Eventually, humans will have to find a new way of life. Reset our everyday. Vital resources run low, the planet Earth is coming to its demise. As a race, we search desperately to find a different … Continue reading

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The Chestnut Fair arrives in Portimão

It’s Chestnut Time again! The annual St Martin’s Fair has arrived at the Parque de Feiras e Exposições in Portimão and runs every day until the 15th November. The 11th of November in Portugal is the Dia da São Martinho – the … Continue reading

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Brazil mine disaster a nightmare for BHP

Another BHP disaster on the scale of Ok Tedi in Papua New Guinea, which poured its tailings into the river rather than holding them in a dam, ruining large parts of PNG’s Western Province and the lives of 50,000 people… BHP Billiton … Continue reading

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