Eulogy to Stephanie Wolfe Murray

Eulogy to Stephanie Wolfe Murray

This was the first address given at the funeral of Stephanie Wolfe Murray on the 5th of July 2017, at the Old Parish Kirk in Peebles. By Gavin Wolfe Murray. Stephanie, my mother, Mummy, the boss. She meant the world …
5 Ways to Get Good Deals Abroad

5 Ways to Get Good Deals Abroad

Intro by Rupert Wolfe Murray. One of the purposes of this blog is to encourage people to travel and to write. I’d like to encourage people to write for this blog. I’m always looking for personal stories about travelling, or...
My Book Has a Life of its Own

My Book Has a Life of its Own

By Chris Burn They say you feel most alive at times of great stress and danger. Such as putting on a book promotion event. I sure feel alive today. The Edinburgh Book event at the Serenity Café is imminent and...
Poetry wasn’t my cup of tea.

Poetry wasn’t my cup of tea.

A Guest Post By Claudiu Revnic. When I was a teenager poetry and rhymes didn’t appeal unless it was in the form of a heavy guitar riff accompanied by a screaming, angry, disenchanted male voice. Poetry was the stuff of...
Romany Gypsies in Romania & Bulgaria

Romany Gypsies in Romania & Bulgaria

By Eion Gibbs Walking through Holland, Belgium, France, Italy and Slovenia the word gypsy didn’t enter my thoughts once. This doesn’t mean Traveller communities don’t exist there, it’s just that they’re so far removed from...