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Making Memories
Introduction Yesterday we caught up with each other in Carlisle. The photo is in the Griffin pub just outside Carlisle Station.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 10 days ago in Wander
Pompeii Wasn’t a Theme Park. The Evidence Is Buried in the Dirt.
Every few years, the same claim circulates online: Pompeii is not an ancient Roman city at all, but a modern fabrication, a giant archaeological theme park built to manufacture a version of Western history.
By Jin12 days ago in Wander
Swanage in Dorset
"We're going southwest for the hols" says Faith. "If only it was Swanage again." So wrote Enid Blyton in the Adventures of the Strange Ruby first published in 1960.
By Alan Russell13 days ago in Wander
The Border That Isn’t There: Why China and Pakistan Just Rattled India
1. A meeting in Islamabad, a protest in New Delhi Pakistan and China formally launched the Pakistan-China Boundary Joint Commission in Islamabad on September 16-17, 2026. The mechanism was created under the 2013 China-Pakistan Agreement on the Boundary Management System. Its first meeting brought together officials from foreign affairs, defence, interior, commerce, communications, customs and surveying authorities. The two sides discussed border management, joint surveys, the movement of goods and people, and other practical issues along the frontier. They also agreed that the next meeting would be held in China.
By Jin13 days ago in Wander
The footprints of a fox
I don’t know why but the drive home from Sidmouth in Devon to Ringwood where we live was hard so we had to have a couple of breaks.
By Alan Russell15 days ago in Wander
I’ve Transferred Through Dozens of Airports. Only One Felt Effortless.
The measure of airport design is the passenger’s feet and heart The standard for judging an airport is the passenger’s feet, eyes, and mood. The architect’s sketch comes later.
By Jin25 days ago in Wander
The Red Lantern Lie
Tracing the "One-Face" Ancient Town: Who's Behind the Same Design? From Wuzhen to Lijiang, Dali to Pingyao, walk into any "must-visit" ancient town and the same scene greets you.
By Jin27 days ago in Wander
The Hotel
I haven't named this hotel or provided its precise location as most of what unfolds in this piece was far beyond the control of the people who work there. They all took immense pride in what they do and how they look after guests. Sadly, their hands are tied by the bindings of an all too familiar st of constraints. Those are, despite being owned by an international group, a lack of capital expenditure on the fabric of the building which an estate agent would describe as "tired". And the seemingly entrenched problem with the hospitality industry in the UK of not being able to hire enough staff. Or, there might well be budgetary restraints imposed from a glass and ivory tower somewhere in London or in New York.
By Alan Russellabout a month ago in Wander
The Yellow Deli - Honiton
At the eastern end of Honiton High Street is a building that is about two hundred years old and used to be a pub named “The Red Cow”. In 2016, after a period of neglect it was bought, repurposed, reincarnated and reopened as “The Yellow Deli”.
By Alan Russellabout a month ago in Wander
All Aboard the Empire Builder
My favorite place has no address. It greets you at the base of the escalator at 11:53 on a Saturday evening and can only be experienced in the liminal landscapes that stretch between its stations - first the city lights that bleed into farmland before hardening into wilder plains, and finally, the climb.
By E. B. Rowlandabout a month ago in Wander
Small Town Guide Ferndale California
Hidden in a River Valley It’s easy for travelers on Highway 101 to pass by Ferndale, California. Five miles west of the fabled highway, the town is situated between heavily forest hills to the south; farmlands and the marshy mouth of Eel River to the north; and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The town center is nearly tucked away in the small river valley and can be barely seen from the heavily used highway
By Dean Traylorabout a month ago in Wander
The Street Walkers
Midnight came to Skyscraper Island, tiring out Jeff Roberts who recently completed strolling down Dream Street, stepping across the one-bedroom threshold, requesting female warmth. Due to that fantasy not being a reality, the young entrepreneur professional’s computer shut down, instigating find the department store bought couch, then hinting his easy on the eyes photogenic image, heed the thought, ‘escape the independent waken loneliness’ and ‘rest peacefully’.
By Marc OBrienabout a month ago in Wander