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"Coffee is as cross-cultural as it gets"

Meet the Ugandan coffee entrepreneur who's using strategic storytelling to bridge divides and mobilise her industry

Jun 5 •

Upcoming Conversations

Insights about place, travel, creativity and meaningful work – and not from me! Soon I'll be sharing interviews with darned interesting people from all…

Jun 3 •

The Automation of Lighthouses

A view of progress from the top of Ardnamurchan, on the west coast of Scotland

Jun 1 •

Discovering Secret Standing Stones on the Isle of Mull

A short hike to an ancient meeting place that'll never be on tourists' bucket lists

May 15 •

The Ghosts of Inverailort

An abandoned Scottish mansion, and a sight I can't explain

May 12 •

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The reason I came to Greece

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Banal hugeness and immensities of humdrum

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Why we never experience true silence

Apr 14, 2024 • Theo FS

Wearing a piece of Greece

Apr 6, 2024 • Theo FS

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Scotland

The Automation of Lighthouses

A view of progress from the top of Ardnamurchan, on the west coast of Scotland

Jun 1 •

Discovering Secret Standing Stones on the Isle of Mull

A short hike to an ancient meeting place that'll never be on tourists' bucket lists

May 15 •

The Ghosts of Inverailort

An abandoned Scottish mansion, and a sight I can't explain

May 12 •

Leverhulme's Lost Empire

100 years after a doomed project to industrialise the Outer Hebrides, it's time to reflect on the problem of stewardship

May 7 •

The End Of The Road To Nowhere

My objective today is to drive beyond the site of buried Norse antiquities, the abandoned military outpost and the crumbled medieval nunnery, to the end…

Feb 17 •

Greece

Banal hugeness and immensities of humdrum

Some ways in which distance is a strange thing

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Last days at the homestead

How I've been coming to terms with heat, slowness and the work ahead

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Why we never experience true silence

Exploring quietness through sound

Apr 14, 2024 •

Wearing a piece of Greece

On finding obsidian in the Peloponnese

Apr 6, 2024 •

The culture of fixing things

Finding pleasure in work that most mechanics hate

Mar 28, 2024 •

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Land Rover

The End Of The Road To Nowhere

My objective today is to drive beyond the site of buried Norse antiquities, the abandoned military outpost and the crumbled medieval nunnery, to the end…

Feb 17 •

A Hebridean Journey by Land Rover: Part One

Exploring maritime history and ancient ways of life on the shores of the Atlantic

Feb 14 •

Here at the farthest edge of Eurasia: Introduction

Travelling the Outer Hebrides in a Series Land Rover. This is the story of a road journey from the lighthouse at Butt of Lewis to Mealasta.

Feb 13 •

Meet Gandalf the Defender

If old Land Rovers seem stupid to you, allow me to explain...

Jan 22 •

The culture of fixing things

Finding pleasure in work that most mechanics hate

Mar 28, 2024 •

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