Archive for October, 2023

LIVERPOOL – A WELCOMING CITY.

LIVERPOOL – A WELCOMING CITY.

Those of us in Liverpool who subscribe to the National Geographic (global readership estimates: 9.5 mn), may have read the November 2021 edition: How centuries of immigration has changed culture and communities of Liverpool. It sounds like a dissertation title for a humanities degree, but the magazine’s write-up of Liverpool’s claim to be a world city – a city in which culture and communities have influenced hospitality accords well with…

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A SMOOTH SEA NEVER MADE A SKILLED SAILOR.

A SMOOTH SEA NEVER MADE A SKILLED SAILOR.

Wise words, but actually joining a ship these days isn’t smooth seas and takes skill just to get through the paperwork. The 1970’s were different: you’d casually sling your bag in the cabin, walk to the bridge and sign on followed by a visit to the crew bar to meet shipmates – no strangers, just friends you’ve never met. Or if there wasn’t a crew bar, instead you’d go to…

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