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Arts Review: V&A Dundee.

September 18, 2018

It is obvious from the get-go that the new Victoria and Albert Museum is here to rescue Dundee. It could …

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Arts Review: the Knife Angel.

September 8, 2018

The countryside around the British Ironwork Centre is big and fair. There are immense blowsy trees that stand watching almost …

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Should St Peter’s Seminary be Left to the Wilderness?

April 12, 2018

St Peter’s Seminary stands ruined in the woods outside Cardross. It is a two hour and twenty minute train ride …

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The Distress of the Scottish Parliament.

April 15, 2017

Progeria is a devastating but fortunately highly rare genetic disorder in which children age up to ten times faster than …

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Book Review: Secret Edinburgh, An Unusual Guide.

September 23, 2016

Edinburgh’s Doors Open Day, an event which is no doubt so wonkily titled to avoid the acronym ODD, will see …

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Tunisia: Getting Down To Business.

May 6, 2016

“Is there anything wrong with this page?” The UK FCO’s Travel Advice on Tunisia. Over April, Tychy ran a series …

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Tychy’s Tunis: Partying in Tunisia.

April 26, 2016

I am not going to review any of the restaurants that I visited in Tunis, primarily because reviewing restaurants has …

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Tychy’s Tunis: A Word On Where To Live.

April 25, 2016

On my first night in Tunis, I stayed in a large city-centre hotel. At this point, I was still not …

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Tychy’s Tunis: Advice and Comments on the Medina, from the Roof Terrace of the Café El M’Rabet.

April 22, 2016

I have climbed up to the very top of the Café El M’Rabet. You have to first venture through a …

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Tychy’s Tunis: The Grandeur That Was Rome.

April 20, 2016

The sun has got its hammer out and the strokes are beating on my brain. Tunis in April usually mixes …

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Tychy’s Tunis: The Sanctuary of Tophet.

April 17, 2016

I am discussing the apparent Punic custom of child-sacrifice over dinner with my hosts. I cannot bring myself to believe …

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Tychy’s Tunis: Sidi Bou Said.

April 15, 2016

All aboard for Sidi Bou Said! I am riding on the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa or TGM, a light rail service which runs …

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Tychy’s Tunis: Carthage.

April 14, 2016

Perhaps I am swimming against the tide in visiting the Carthage National Museum after visiting the Bardo. The latter is …

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Tychy’s Tunis: Alcohol.

April 14, 2016

I am hot and cross after walking around the medina and I decide to start the day all over again …

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Tychy’s Tunis: Mosaics.

April 12, 2016

Sometimes the vast rooms of the Bardo are so draughty and impersonal that the building more resembles a national gallery …

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