When Twin Peaks first aired here in the UK in 1990 I was obsessed, collecting articles from magazines and recording each episode to VHS; a David Lynch-obsessed 16 year old who dreamed of drinking black coffee at the Double R Diner. 32 years later, I did just exactly that. Back in 2008 I took my… Read More A Twin Peaks Locations Tour
So much of what we see and read about of the pirate world is based around stereotypes from Stevenson’s Treasure Island, cartoons and exaggerated caricatures, but researching the real privateers of the 18th Century takes you all the way to the city of Nassau, capital of the Bahamas, in New Providence Island. Rather than stay… Read More Nassau – A pirate lover’s tour of the Bahamas
If you’ve seen any scene from Hot Fuzz, chances are you’ve seen Wells on screen. With the exception of a few locations from the film, Hot Fuzz was filmed almost entirely in director Edgar Wright’s childhood home in the gorgeous county of Somerset. Wells holds the title of ‘Smallest City in England’ which is one… Read More A Hot Fuzz Tour of Wells, Somerset
It was inevitable that when visiting friends in New Mexico (especially those who love the Breaking Bad world as much as I do) that we would end up visiting locations from the show. Better Call Saul brought us back to some familiar locations (Loyola’s, Mike’s house) and plenty of new ones. There are plenty of… Read More A Better Call Saul Tour of New Mexico
Since working for Chicago Youth Centres in the late 1990s I’d not returned to Chicago. Except for 24 hours in NYC I’d never explored an American city before my time there in 1997 and I was overwhelmed by the architecture and the huge spectrum of what Chicago had to offer. I spent evenings in run… Read More Chicago
I’ve collected enough photos of NYC over the last 20 years to write a dozen blog posts but my last trip there was mainly based around visiting some of the locations seen in Netflix’s Daredevil and The Punisher. Years ago, spending August in New York for me was a summer of theatre, baseball, staying out… Read More A Punisher/Daredevil tour of New York City
After a few underwhelming days in Venice I flew to Dubrovnik to hopefully improve my holiday and to soak up some more Game of Thrones locations. Dubrovnik featured as the fictional capital King’s Landing from Season 2 onwards and although some key scenes had the help of some nifty CGI, the city is as beautiful… Read More Dubrovnik – A Game of Thrones trip to King’s Landing
My main reason for visiting Morocco was to take a trip into the Sahara, so Marrakech seemed an ideal starting point and an interesting city to explore. I sought plenty of advice before booking accommodation or excursions, particularly from solo female traveller blogs, so I knew Morocco might bring some challenges. I had been advised… Read More Morocco
Until a couple of years ago I couldn’t have placed Cartagena on a map, but then I discovered it in a video game and researched it and stared at photos of it and, like a dozen other places I’ve been drawn to, knew I had to go and see it for myself. I’d never been… Read More Cartagena
Ludonarrative Dissonance 