Thursday, January 12, 2006

Festival of the Sheep

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It's the last day of our visit to Morocco. Our flight leaves at 9.00 this evening. Today is the Festival of the Sheep, which celebrat...
Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Marrakech Souks and Gardens

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We've found it! The best hotel yet. Thanks to the Rough Guide we booked the Hotel Gallia. It's a beautiful little hotel based aroun...
Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Roman Ruins in Rabat

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by Caroline Lawrence (author of The Roman Mysteries ) Our train leaves Fes on time at 11.00 but like most Moroccan trains we've taken...
Monday, January 09, 2006

Fes Medina Time Machine

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The Hotel Batha (pronounced Bat-ha) in Fes is good in every respect but one: they have terrible breakfast. In a land dripping with orange...
Saturday, January 07, 2006

Seeking warmth in Fes

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Yesterday – Friday – it was cold and pouring with rain at Moulay Bousselham, where we've been staying at a guesthouse. We eagerly pac...
Friday, January 06, 2006

Volubilis

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It is January 2006. My husband Richard and I are in Morocco researching Roman Mystery 14, The Beggar of Volubilis . We have been staying at...
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Lixus and Larache

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Today we went to the Roman-Phoenician site of Lixus, a few miles north of here. It is another cold but sunny day so we eat our breakfast on ...
Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Moulay Bousselham

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We are enjoying our third day in Morocco. Its very cold at night but lovely during the day. Our arrival two evenings ago was a slight cultur...
Sunday, January 01, 2006

Research in Morocco

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On the first day of 2006 we are off to North Africa to do some "research" for Roman Mystery 14, The Beggar of Volubilis . We fly ...
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Monday, November 07, 2005

HBO's ROME - bytes

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Instead of just reviewing the new HBO/BBC series ROME , I am going to list some soundbytes from recent reviews which I thought were relevan...
Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Whistlejacket and Roman Horses

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by Caroline Lawrence, author of The Roman Mysteries Yesterday, (26 September 2005), I went to the final day of an exhibition in the Sains...
Monday, July 25, 2005

Poison in the Garden

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It is July 2005. The middle of a beautiful balmy British summer. The book I'm currently working on –  The Sirens of Surrentum  – has...
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