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on June 9, 2020June 9, 2020 Marrakech

Capturing modern Marrakech

Although my trip to Marrakech earlier this year feels like a long time ago now, the magic of the city has certainly stayed with me. This is in part through the wonderful selection of souvenirs we brought home with us, which have brought so much joy into our lives during this lockdown period. One of the most precious of these ...

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on April 1, 2020April 3, 2020 Marrakech

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Memories of Marrakech

Marrakech has been on my list of places to visit for what feels like a lifetime. Long before my first trip to Morocco, where I visited Rabat and Casablanca in the North, and my second visiting Tangiers and Asilah, I knew one day I was destined to wander the winding dusty red-tinted alleys of the jewel of Morocco - and ...

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on September 8, 2016February 6, 2019 London

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moroccan magic

it seems there is a gentle shift in the interiors world away from the sleek pastel hues of purist nordic design towards a more relaxed, rough around the edges fusion of boho styling with a scandinavian simplicity at heart. beni ourain rugs have certainly seen a surge of popularity over the past few years and fit perfectly with this ...

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on November 4, 2015June 13, 2019 Morocco

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exploring asilah

as much as i loved tangier, it was the ancient walled town of asilah 40km south along the coast that truly captured my heart. a beautifully tranquil destination, straddling the cliffs of morocco's north atlantic coast and enclosed by defensive walls built by the portuguese in the 15th century, the fortified fishing village is awash with the traditional mediterranean pairing of white and cobalt blue and ...

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on November 1, 2015April 4, 2019 Tangier

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a literary pilgrimage

last month i was invited to experience morocco's most northerly city, 15 miles across the straits of gibraltar from spain, a place long been mythologised as a bohemian escape and a city of extremes; a surreal crossroads where northern africa meets europe, the mediterranean meets the atlantic, and hedonism and history collide. what had always fascinated me about tangier were - ...

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on October 7, 2015April 24, 2016

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on the edge

i'm off to the exotic wilds of tangier today, following in the footsteps of literary greats like paul bowles, jack kerouac, truman capote, edith wharton and allen ginsberg; the 'interzone', as william burroughs once described it, attracting spies, outlaws, outcasts and writers, men and women working at the edge of literary forms, breaking through artistic borders. armed with my copy ...

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