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Lee Ruddin

23 posts
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  • Pole to Pole

Tips for surviving a 72-hour epic flight

  • 12/03/2022
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin's tangential route means it takes 72 hours to get from London to Oaxaca. These are the lessons learned.
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Liverpool, England
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A final tour exploring Liverpool’s long entanglement with Slavery

  • 10/12/2021
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin finds out more about Liverpool's complex relationship with the trade in humans - and the history of Slavocracy.
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Liverpool
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Liverpool’s Rodney Street and its place in Slaving history

  • 20/11/2021
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin's final feature on Liverpool's place in the history of slavery
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Liverpool
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The Huskisson Statue on a slave’s guide to Liverpool

  • 10/11/2021
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin continues his exploration of Liverpool's slaving history
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Liverpool, England
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Liverpool’s place in the history of slavery

  • 18/10/2021
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin is given plenty to think about on a slavery-themed tour of Liverpool.
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Scooters in Hanoi
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War in the darkness: Hanoi relives its traumatic past

  • 14/07/2021
  • Lee Ruddin
The American war is brought back to life for Lee Ruddin on a visit to Vietnam.
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Central Nairobi traffic
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It used to be ‘Mzungu!’ Now ‘Corona’ is a Nairobi greeting

  • 01/07/2020
  • Lee Ruddin
On a visit to Kenya, Lee Ruddin finds that the children of Kibera, one of Nairobi's most infamous slums, have a new reason to respect visitors from a now toxic West.
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Madrid, Spain
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Chasing Hemingway through the streets of Madrid

  • 27/06/2020
  • Lee Ruddin
For Hemingway fans Madrid is an important place of pilgrimage, as it forms the basis for much of his finest work. Lee Ruddin books a guided tour.
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Belfast mural
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The cold reality of conflict in Northern Ireland

  • 27/03/2020
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin has mixed feelings about the Belfast Free Walking Tour, not least that it costs him £18. The history of the troubles still makes a trickle income for some.
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Coffee grounds for Understanding

  • 06/12/2019
  • Lee Ruddin
As if Turkey's political woes were not enough, Lee Ruddin causes a flap in an Istanbul cafe when he ventures that Turkish coffee is inferior to... Starbucks.
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Marrakesh, Morocco
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Morocco’s Red City’s hidden green heritage

  • 01/03/2019
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin finds oases of calm in Morocco's most visited city. Along with the locals he takes refuge in the many public gardens that are part-hidden in Marrackesh.
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Sofia, architecture
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Shining lights of Sofia from Bulgaria’s fourth-highest mountain

  • 17/02/2019
  • Lee Ruddin
There are many reasons to visit Bulgaria. Lee Ruddin adds climbing its fourth-highest mountain to the list.
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Mumbai, slum
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Signs of colonialism fading in present-day Mumbai

  • 12/12/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin finds history hangs heavy as he finds while he's getting selfies against Bombay's famous Gateway to India, everyone else chooses their background as the Taj. And that's the Taj Hotel, not the wonder-of-the-world in Agra.
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Estonia or Finland: which is best for coffee? Maybe it’s Sweden

  • 13/09/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin eavesdrops on tourists, fresh from a cruise ship, asking for advice. And sticks an oar in.
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Valletta, Malta's historic capital
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Exploring Malta – at walking pace

  • 02/08/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin braves the heat to walk from Mdina to Valetta, six long miles under an almost-African sun.
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Iceland, road
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A lukewarm reception for Iceland’s famous northern sights

  • 02/05/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
Despite the best intentions of determined guides, Lee Ruddin is curiously un-moved by many of Iceland's much-hyped attractions.
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Escaping the crowds in Poland’s concentration camps

  • 02/02/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin finds coachloads of tourists have turned Auschwitz into selfie central. So he walks to Płaszów to feel the atmosphere of Europe's most goulish - and unlikely - visitor attractions.
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Gondolas in Venice
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Death – and less – in Venice

  • 29/01/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
An already gloomy Lee Ruddin finds Italy's canal city more sinister than benign.
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Prague skyline
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A trippy visit around Prague’s KGB Museum

  • 18/01/2018
  • Lee Ruddin
The communist era hangs heavy on the newly-fledged Czech Republic. Lee Ruddin takes a tour of the capital city's KGB museum to learn about life under totalitarian rule.
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Sri Lanka beach
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  • Central Asia

Sri Lanka’s better off the tourist trail

  • 25/07/2017
  • Lee Ruddin
Lee Ruddin finds many of Sri Lanka's famous highlights overrun with travellers and spoiled. The overlooked town of Matara is much more to his liking.
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Bosnia bridge
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A sunny day-trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • 15/08/2015
  • Lee Ruddin
When Budva gets flooded with revellers, Lee Ruddin needs a breath of fresh air. A daytrip to BiH gets him out of Montenegro and proves just the tonic he needs.
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Dubrovnik
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Echoes of Marco Polo on an Adriatic island

  • 03/01/2015
  • Lee Ruddin
On Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, Lee Ruddin misses the ferry for Dubrovnik. This proves a blessing, as the island of Korčula has a more immediate and accessible charm.
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Cruise ship front deck
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  • Europe

A doomed search for boredom on a trans-Atlantic cruise

  • 14/11/2013
  • Lee Ruddin
Seven nights at sea prove all-too-brief an experience for Lee Ruddin, who steams across the Atlantic from the UK to the USA. The Queen Mary II, one of the world's largest vessels, is just too large and busy.
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