Travel, Journeys & Places

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Welcome on board the Nippon Maru – Yokohama, Japan

Join me, Gabriella White, on board the  Nippon Maru, a remarkable vessel harboured in the port of Yokohama, Japan. I speak to the ship’s former captain Inoue San, who tells me about his life and adventures on board this ship. Close your eyes and take a walk around the ship with me: experience the sounds, hear stories never before broadcasted and absorb the atmosphere. Let your imagination sail away with you. Listen to Podcast No. 1 Nippon Maru-Yokohama here: http://soundcloud.com/theculturecave/podcast-no-1-welcome-on-board With special thanks to the Nippon Maru and to...

28 February 2012 | International Interviews, Japanese Culture, Podcast Series, Travel, Journeys & Places, TV & Radio | 0 Comments
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Travel: Living and breathing it.

Travel can be a time of absorption. Just last year I was churning out articles for the national and international press. As the autumn leaves began to fall in Western Europe my recurrent thirst for travel and adventure swept me off my feet: paradise was beckoning (as were international projects overseas) and before I knew it I was on a plane jetting off into the sunrise, yes, that’s right- not the sunset quite yet. First stop: 日本. I was off to the land of the rising sun. I have...

05 February 2012 | Culture Cave, Travel, Journeys & Places | , , | 0 Comments
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The Man Behind the Scenes: Meeting John Banville

Speaking at York University, I had the privilege of chatting to Booker-prize winning novelist John Banville at York’s Festival of Ideas 2011. The Irish novelist and screenwriter, decidedly Ireland’s cream of the crop has penned remarkable novels including The Book of Evidence and The Sea, his eighteenth novel, which won the Man Booker prize in 2005. Just this year, Banville was awarded the Franz Kafka Prize. Also a master of short stories and theatre and film, Banville is a philosopher, often occupied with the nature of perception and the conflict between imagination...

14 August 2011 | International Interviews, The Arts, Travel, Journeys & Places | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 0 Comments