I use Time Travel to Cut my Emissions

When I was in Romania last month I discovered time travel. I know this sounds ridiculous — isn’t time travel a futuristic, high-tech impossibility used by the likes of Doctor Who and the crazy professor in Back to the Future?…

Near Miss in Romania

I was cycling down the hill so fast I thought I might fly, like those kids in ET – Steven Spielberg’s classic film – when the alien enables the kids to fly their bikes through the night sky. It’s incredible …

Do Romanians understand tourism?

Since I first came to Romania in 1986, it’s been clear to me that Romanians don’t understand the full potential of the tourism business.

Over the 17 years I lived in Romania I’ve had countless conversations with people who own …

Villages Made Me

Villages Made Me

1963. Leeds

I was born in a house with wooden floors and an open-plan kitchen. It was located in a rural area by Leeds called Little London. I have flickering memories of a white coat with bloodstains, people standing around …