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I keep my childhood safe in an old green-lidded shoebox, the safe brown cardboard sides reminiscent of all those art projects and crafts, from cardboard houses to trees to ships. ...

As soon as I had finished reading English at Cambridge, I knew I wanted to do something different. I yearned for travel, for new experiences, for the sun, for adventure, ...

The engines of the Gozo ferry hummed continuously as they drove the propellers under my feet, churning the midnight blue Mediterranean waters into foam. I had spent quite some time ...

Winter had arrived in Gozo. Instead of the vibrant splashes of colour that dotted Victoria in summer, soft grey clouds floated overhead, as though giants had thrown a silk veil ...