At this time of year, conversations about what the best bits of a Christmas dinner are commonplace. For some, inexplicably, it’s the turkey. For others, the roast potatoes. For me, roasties are...
“40 million birds had disappeared from our skies. We’ve lost 97% of all our wildflower meadows. We’ve ploughed up 75,000 miles of hedgerows. We’ve lost tens of thousands of ancient woodlands....
Barcelona is the perfect spot for a quick winter break (or better still, a longer break, if you have the time). The average winter temperature is 15-16°C so while it's not quite sunbathing weather,...
This month at Five Books For, I've been exploring historical fiction and I'm so excited to share here one of my favourite books of all time and the absolutely brilliant adaptation of it which I hope...
Czech author and illustrator Anna Rajmon, whose book Elis: Irish Call Girl has been reviewed for Global Comment by me this month, was gracious enough to grant me some of her time to discuss the...
In Elis: Irish Call Girl, Czech author and illustrator Anna Rajmon tells her story of working in the Irish sex trade. Her purpose in doing so is to warn any young women thinking of entering this...
When you've lived abroad for a long time, there are lots of things you miss about home. Mostly your family, I find, although food seems to have a special power to make me feel a wistful nostalgia for...
I moved to Seville back in 2020 after falling in love with it (and my husband) on an earlier trip. It's a beautiful city with loads of great things to do and see and with some of the best food you...
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share Something Special you don't want to miss. To fit with the six core pillars of the magazine, these will alternate between the themes of watch / listen / read /...
This month over at Five Books For, we're discussing gothic-ish classics, given that it's October. I know lots of us go in for reading or watching something spooky around this time of year in honour...
