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What’s the point of tourists?

9/3/2018

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Tim Shannon argues that there is growing global evidence that mass tourism harms communities and the environment.


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A shared space

15/11/2017

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PictureCartoon: Natasha Williams-Novak
On a visit to New Zealand, Tim Shannon finds a country that has embraced the Maori culture of sharing.


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More or less

3/12/2016

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Ulysses, Gulliver and Leopold Bloom would laugh at our virtual existence. ​


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I am sixty six

8/10/2016

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PictureNatura morta (Still Life) (V.985), by Georgio Morandi 1956. ​
With the clock ticking on his life, Tim Shannon is drawn to stillness.


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A bit average

10/9/2016

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Tim Shannon gives thanks for the happy brigade of the below average, the renegades, free spirits, nonconformists, and outsiders. ​


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Grand spaces

18/7/2015

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An exhilarating exhibition of light and space led Tim Shannon to look at Grossard Point with fresh eyes. ​


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Street wise

6/11/2014

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Bunker-like houses on small blocks  are robbing our streets of their dignity.

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