kerraway.bsky.social
@kerraway.bsky.social
Reader, writer, runner. No longer flying for work. Son of Portstewart, Co Derry, citizen of the world. Editor of deskboundtraveller.com.
RIP, Steve Cropper. Stax of ways in which we'll remember him...
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December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
RIP, Steve Cropper. Stax of ways in which we'll remember him...
variety.com/2025/music/n...
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Not been back to Portstewart this year, and missing the sound of it...
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Not been back to Portstewart this year, and missing the sound of it...
My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
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November 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My travel books of the year, including work from @monisharajesh.bsky.social, Lyse Doucet, Norman Lewis, @joannapocock.bsky.social, @adamweymouth.bsky.social & @peteralanross.bsky.social:
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Feathering the moon…
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Feathering the moon…
Back to regular runs after injury, including two five-milers in a week. Thanks again to the Boss -- and the dead poets...
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Back to regular runs after injury, including two five-milers in a week. Thanks again to the Boss -- and the dead poets...
Looking forward to 'Travels Through the Spanish Civil War' by Nick Lloyd (@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social), coming later this month (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social):
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November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Looking forward to 'Travels Through the Spanish Civil War' by Nick Lloyd (@spaincivilwartours.bsky.social), coming later this month (@hurstpublishers.bsky.social):
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Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel remains 'a monument to Afghan resilience & to the bravery of its staff,' says @willdalrymple.bsky.social. In Lyse Doucet, '& her witty & sometimes heartbreaking book, they have found a worthy chronicler.'
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
October 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel remains 'a monument to Afghan resilience & to the bravery of its staff,' says @willdalrymple.bsky.social. In Lyse Doucet, '& her witty & sometimes heartbreaking book, they have found a worthy chronicler.'
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
‘Potus, in full manuka honey-hued visibility, appeared thrilled with the spectacle in his honour.’ — @jemima.bsky.social, in today’s @financialtimes.com, captures the Trumpery in Windsor.
September 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
‘Potus, in full manuka honey-hued visibility, appeared thrilled with the spectacle in his honour.’ — @jemima.bsky.social, in today’s @financialtimes.com, captures the Trumpery in Windsor.
New and forthcoming books on travel and place: @peteralanross.bsky.social journeys through Ancient Britain & Ireland; Miles Morland goes round the world -- twice -- on a motorcycle; and
@bfox.bsky.social spends the Covid pandemic with curanderos in Peru.
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@bfox.bsky.social spends the Covid pandemic with curanderos in Peru.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
New and forthcoming books on travel and place: @peteralanross.bsky.social journeys through Ancient Britain & Ireland; Miles Morland goes round the world -- twice -- on a motorcycle; and
@bfox.bsky.social spends the Covid pandemic with curanderos in Peru.
deskboundtraveller.com/new-books-on...
@bfox.bsky.social spends the Covid pandemic with curanderos in Peru.
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Dipping again into the work of Byron Rogers, who died earlier this month. Reminded that he was a journalist, author, biographer, part-time speechwriter to the Prince of Wales... and a master of the drop intro.
August 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Dipping again into the work of Byron Rogers, who died earlier this month. Reminded that he was a journalist, author, biographer, part-time speechwriter to the Prince of Wales... and a master of the drop intro.
From a lost horizon in Worthing to Shangri-La...
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August 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
From a lost horizon in Worthing to Shangri-La...
deskboundtraveller.com/from-a-lost-...
deskboundtraveller.com/from-a-lost-...
Fifty years since Springsteen released 'Born to Run', and it's still helping me hit the road...
August 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fifty years since Springsteen released 'Born to Run', and it's still helping me hit the road...
The camera never lies -- but it can be used to suggest that we're looking at something other than what was there, especially in the Arctic...
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August 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The camera never lies -- but it can be used to suggest that we're looking at something other than what was there, especially in the Arctic...
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In 2021, with Covid restrictions easing, I was introduced to the rewilding project at Knepp (@kneppwilding.bsky.social) and — thanks to a painting in the downstairs loo — transported back to Nicaragua…
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August 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
In 2021, with Covid restrictions easing, I was introduced to the rewilding project at Knepp (@kneppwilding.bsky.social) and — thanks to a painting in the downstairs loo — transported back to Nicaragua…
deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
What was it like to move home during the pandemic? Something like this...
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July 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What was it like to move home during the pandemic? Something like this...
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Never been a fan of heavy metal, but I do love the writing of Elif Shafak. Having read her tribute in @theobserveruk.bsky.social to Ozzy Osbourne, I'm thinking maybe I need new ears:
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July 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Never been a fan of heavy metal, but I do love the writing of Elif Shafak. Having read her tribute in @theobserveruk.bsky.social to Ozzy Osbourne, I'm thinking maybe I need new ears:
observer.co.uk/news/opinion....
observer.co.uk/news/opinion....
What real humanitarian organisations are saying about Gaza…
July 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
What real humanitarian organisations are saying about Gaza…
Answering a call of nature…?
July 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Answering a call of nature…?
The perfect poem to recite in your head on a morning run when the temperature already feels like 23C at 9 o'clock:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/....
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/....
July 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The perfect poem to recite in your head on a morning run when the temperature already feels like 23C at 9 o'clock:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/....
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/....
Following birdwatchers, as they have followed birds, has taken me to places I would never otherwise have seen...
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July 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Following birdwatchers, as they have followed birds, has taken me to places I would never otherwise have seen...
deskboundtraveller.com/lighting-loc...
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Just the weather for…
July 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Just the weather for…
Its front section may no longer look like a newspaper, but The Observer is still producing some tremendous journalism.
July 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Its front section may no longer look like a newspaper, but The Observer is still producing some tremendous journalism.
And the last thing you need, as you retreat indoors from the sweltering heat...
July 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
And the last thing you need, as you retreat indoors from the sweltering heat...
How a bottle of hand gel took me all the way to Colombia during the pandemic:
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June 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How a bottle of hand gel took me all the way to Colombia during the pandemic:
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