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Why am I writing a Book About 12 Jobs in 12 Months?
This is a difficult question to answer. It was easy enough to make the decision to do 12 jobs in 12 months, but now that I've done them (I finished in December last year) and have to write up the stories, I'm faced with strong internal reluctance to get started. Part...
Mexico: A Coca Cola colony?
By Aidan Wolfe Murray I found myself on the shores of the Yucatan in the scorching heat of summer, with only the pack on my back and a handful of rumours about where I was. Mexico, land of the ancients. A great peninsula stretching from the base of the USA all the...
The Fabulous Funeral of Angus Wolfe Murray
First of all, I want to ask if you've seen this film we made of my Dad, using footage from the sixties and some video shot about 10 years ago when he was obsessed by hens and living with my Mother again. Secondly, if you were one of the approximately 200 people at...
Bosnia’s Unique Wartime Posters
I’m working on an epic book that’s coming out in May this year: Bosnian War Posters, by Daoud Sarhandi. It’s an incredible collection of propaganda and art that he and Alina Wolfe Murray, my ex-wife, collected just after the war in Bosnia Herzegovina. It's taken a...
Why I Moved to Bosnia
Daniel Craig was a good actor before he got turned into a bad-tempered robot for the Bond films. A great film he starred in, before the Bond franchise gobbled him up, was Layer Cake. It's one of those clever-witty-vicious crime films that the English are quite good...
The Psychology of Travel
What does “The Psychology of Travel” mean? Is it some weird form of therapy? Am I a shrink? The answer to these questions is NO, but I used to get mistaken for a therapist as I did freelance PR work for a big Scottish rehab clinic. The psychology of travel is a means...
Travel the Balkans even if Mother tells you not to
I've just been travelling round the Balkans and want to share my impressions in the hope that you will feel inspired to do the same. Accommodation, transport and food are cheap, the people are friendly, parts of it are stunning (see the photo below) and it's as safe...
Belgrade’s Station Disappears
Bewilderment is the word which best describes my feelings when I got to Belgrade's main station and found it to be abandoned. A flimsy wire fence was the only sign that this once-busy station, the hub of rail travel in the Balkans, has been closed down. Was I in the...
Croatia Looks Perfect, but…
Croatia has one of the most spectacular coastlines in Europe, with mountains plunging into the sea, countless islands, and Dubrovnik: the ancient port city that features in the epic TV series Game of Thrones. If you're mega rich, or connected to Croatia's government,...
Visiting Srebrenica: Negative Expectations; Positive Impressions
Srebrenica is so much more than a small town on the eastern border of Bosnia. It's a name that is associated with genocide. The number 8,372 is often mentioned alongside the name of the town, as that’s the number of unarmed men and children who were killed there by...
- The Psychology of Travel - March 14, 2018