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Walking as metaphor

Perhaps if history is one thing after another, then geography is one place after another. But if all you can ever experience is really this moment, then perhaps the only place you can ever be is here. I’m a keen walker. I suppose I have been ever since, when I was about 21, I suddenly

What’s the story? A focus on narrative

Steve Eddy, writer, editor and tutor, Steve Eddy, Steve Eddy writer

I’m constantly finding myself interested in narrative – in so many ways. Once upon a time – which is of course the classic way to start a narrative, the word ‘narrative’ was just a formal way to say ‘story’. GCSE students have often been told that the word ‘narrative’ will impress the examiner more than