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I had nightmare visions of what he could do to my bunk and the settees; I had plenty of work without having to cope with that. I soon discovered …
The most important sectors of the island’s economy were farming, pastoralism, fishing and shipping. Our evidence for this is the discovery of ancient jars filled with barley seeds, flour, …
By noon I had made good only 9 miles towards New York, although I had sailed 70 miles. My hands were numb after only twenty minutes of handling ropes …
I first moved to Glasgow in 1996, to work on, amongst other things, the Glasgow International Festival of Design, a precursor to the city’s Year of Design and Architecture …
Shortly before this I sailed out of the Gulf Stream and back into the Labrador current again. I was now in fog, and the sea was greenish. A few …
78 St Vincent Place Phoenix Trophies Sculptors: Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts (1912-3) Built above the ground floor of a giant, seven-storey building we see three, large phoenixes. The …
That day I put my house in order; I filled the petrol tank, the paraffin storage tins and bottles, also the stove, the meths priming cans, swept the carpet, …
When 600 miles out I had to reset the storm sails for a gale squall. It was rugged work; several waves broke over me on the foredeck, and once …
200 St Vincent Street St Andrew, Allegorical Figures and Associated Decorative Carving Sculptors: Archibald Dawson; Mortimer, Willison& Graham (1926-29; 1953) Among the work on display here is a carving …
Africa in General Why Choose a Safari? The Big Five Tip for Travelling Africa Kruger National park The Serengeti Okavango Delta Masai Mara Victoria Falls Mount Kilimanjaro Gorilla Trek …