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The city that started a revolution

  By Ian M Packham November 19, 2019 September 1, 2020 Europe, Germany, Latest, My writing

My final major publication for the year, exploring the role of Leipzig in the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago this month. Clicking on the image will take you to the City AM website, where you can read the entire piece. Continue reading

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Lika Virgin

  By Ian M Packham October 31, 2019 September 1, 2020 Latest, My writing, watersports

My piece in this Monday’s City AM newspaper about the fun that can be had in the national parks of Croatia: Continue reading

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In search of the last man in Europe

  By Ian M Packham September 11, 2019 September 1, 2020 Latest, My writing

For anyone outside of London who missed by latest major published piece in City AM, you can read it by clicking the picture below. I head to Jura in the Inner Hebrides to explore author George Orwell’s connection to the island: Continue reading

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My new book!

  By Ian M Packham July 19, 2019 July 3, 2023 Latest, My writing, Uncategorized

Today I’m launching a crowdfunding campaign for my new book Into adventure and sunshine. Based on my behind the lines adventure, it is a travelogue with a difference. More than 70 years in the making, it’s the story of my attempts to retrace my great uncle’s footsteps across 1,000 miles… Continue reading

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On track – for Let’s Explore magazine

  By Ian M Packham October 7, 2018 September 1, 2020 Latest, My writing

I’m one of the last few passengers still aboard the ageing local stopping service as it trundles slowly north along the historic rail line, connecting otherwise isolated communities perched halfway between the valley floor and forested foothills. Check out the website of the excellent Let’s Explore Magazine, from where you… Continue reading

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Anthropomorphic taxidermy

  By Ian M Packham September 16, 2018 September 1, 2020 Latest, My writing, UK

4 minute read This taxidermy class is the most fun you can have with a dead mouse for The Londonist Continue reading

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The ultimate digital detox

  By Ian M Packham September 2, 2018 September 1, 2020 Africa, Latest, My writing, Sierra Leone

10 minute read Sierra Leone’s Turtle Islands: the ultimate digital detox, on the Africa Geographic magazine blog (click to keep reading). Continue reading

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Tracing your family tree

  By Ian M Packham August 15, 2018 September 1, 2020 Behind the lines, history, Latest, My writing

When I began my Behind the Lines adventure (see the various previous posts for more) I realised to make sense of the journey I was to embark on, I was first going to have to do a hell of a lot of digging into the how my great uncle ended… Continue reading

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