TheSupercargo’s Travel Blog
[Sticky post] Stops & Stories is my travel blog collecting posts about journeys I’ve taken, places I’ve stopped and about the stories I’ve come across
Stops and Stories
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Ghana memories – an introduction
Ghana memories: an introduction to a forthcoming series of posts at Stops and Stories about my trip to visit Ghana again after 54 years.
A Day in my Corona Life
A day in my life now in this time of coronavirus and Covid-19. I’m writing (good), but I’m also distracted (not so good).
London in the time of the coronavirus
In the time of the coronavirus I suppose I shouldn’t have been out travelling, but I was – to London and to my mother’s 98th birthday. Here’s a photo essay.
Steve McCurry’s photographs at the Bourse
The Steve McCurry photo exihibition at the Brussels Bourse in 2017. A belated photo essay, review and meditation on the ethics of photography.
The Gothenburg disco fire – 20 years on
The Gothenburg disco fire: the worst fire in recent Swedish history took place 20 years ago on the 29th October 1998: 63 died, over 200 were injured.
Cook and Book – books and breakfast in Brussels
Cook and Book in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert: it’s a bookshop and a restaurant, a café and jazz venue. And did I mention it’s a bookshop?
A photo catch-up in October Brussels
Back in Brussels for a photo catch-up and an attempt to round off my Brussels years, I don’t quite manage, but I do get a lot of pretty decent photos.
The 2018 Gothenburg Book Fair
A report (and some photos) from the 2018 Gothenburg Book Fair where I spent the better part of Saturday, for once as a member of the general public.
The worst journey in the world (redux)
What is the worst journey you have ever made? Recent events, public and private, have me remembering my own worst journey and the concept of a bad journey.