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From Imperial St Petersburg to Soviet Moscow

St Petersburg and Moscow - opulence and imperialism in Russia My decision to visit Russia was made in the Gellert baths in Budapest during the summer of 2006. The whole trip to Hungary that year had been borne out of my desire to see more of Eastern Europe, a quest which had begun with a short stay in Cracow, Poland, to celebrate my birthday the previous ...

Walney, Piel and Roa – the hidden island gems of Morecambe Bay

I’d been wanting to visit Piel Island for at least two years, ever since I’d glimpsed the stark, imposing ruin of its castle from the shores of nearby Walney. I remember going on about a two hour wild goose chase at the time, frantically trying to locate this eerily romantic half-structure so that I could photograph it at close quarters in the near-perfect light, before ...

A Warning to the Curious in Aldeburgh, Suffolk: East Anglia’s ghost trail

Seaburgh's warning to the curious If, like me, you’re a fan of the good old English ghost story, then you’ve probably read at least one by M R James. My favourite, I must confess, is ‘A Warning to the Curious’, but this is due largely to the iconic BBC adaptation of the short story which was made in 1972. Directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark, and starring ...

Copenhagen to Helsingør via Hans Christian Andersen

If you’re thinking of travelling to Denmark, Copehagen is a pretty good place to start, but it won’t give you a typical flavour of the rest of this great country. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - the expansion of the EU, whilst greatly beneficial to new members in so many ways, is slowly but surely diluting the character of those countries ...

Transsiberian Railway: Ekaterinburg to Irkutsk

I’m not quite sure what I expected when we reached the city of Yekaterinburg, a somewhat functional city originally founded in 1723 as part of Peter the Great’s drive to exploit the rich minerals of the Urals. The station didn’t promise much. but then that can often be the case. However, the short ride to our superb hotel, Zolotoi Lev (Golden Lion) started to form ...