War sailor

I’D seen an advertisement in my father’s newspaper for women to work on the canal boats. It said applicants should be of a robust constitution. I’m quite robust, so why not? I’d give it a go. “Look, D

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LATE one night, when all customers had left the Mermaid Tavern, Morwenna was washing the used tankards. There hadn’t been that many customers that night, which was often a sign that people were engage

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ALONG NORWAY’S COASTLINE, THE RHYTHM OF LIFE SLOWS IN SUMMER — SHAPED BY THE GOOD WEATHER AND LONG HOURS OF DAYLIGHT

There are frozen lakes and glorious glaciers, but beneath the beauty, Simon Reeve discovers dark secrets, too...