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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
