Category Archives: Travels

Sally Kindberg goes exploring (kind of)

Posted on March 30, 2021 by SallyK

The other night I was so restless I went for a night walk, and realised I hadn’t been out during the night for ages.  Earlier I’d watched  a TV programme about Norwegian explorer Nansen trying to get to the North … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg on the Thames foreshore

Posted on March 4, 2021 by SallyK

Yesterday, March 3rd,  would have been my youngest sister’s birthday. I waited for the Thames to float this paper boat, a sort of ritual to celebrate my sister’s memory.  Yellow seemed a good colour to represent a kind, mischievous, generous … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg looks at Dickens’s fanmail in Broadstairs

Posted on February 22, 2021 by SallyK

Broadstairs is one of my favourite seaside places to visit, and in the past, before it closed to the public, I often called in at a house once used by Charles Dickens for summer holidays. Here’s my story for the … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg gets nostalgic about travel

Posted on January 25, 2021 by SallyK

About twenty years ago I was commissioned by Discovery, Cathay Pacific’s inflight magazine to illustrate a journey round the Isle of Man, travelling with writer Ron McMillan who drove the car.  I was supposedly the navigator of our trip, following the … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s travel features, and getting nostalgic

Posted on December 10, 2020 by SallyK

Whilst trying to clear some space in my tiny flat I decided to sort through photos taken during my travel writing days – writing features for the Independent, London’s Evening Standard and others. I’ve never felt so restless as I … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s Photographs of Steam

Posted on October 19, 2020 by SallyK

Twenty years ago I was commissioned by London’s Evening Standard newspaper to go to Elf School in Iceland.  Recently I found a box of photographs taken at the time. Disappointingly I couldn’t find any of elves, but many, many images … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg escapes to the seaside

Posted on August 29, 2020 by SallyK

There have been builders in the upstairs flat for the last three months, and they’re still there.  Every so often I’ve managed to escape dust clouds and noise to go to the seaside for a couple of days, and the … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg at Chillingham Castle in 2017

Posted on May 28, 2020 by SallyK

In 2017,  whilst staying in the north east of England, I visited Chillingham Castle, and whilst exploring, discovered its torture chamber below the tearooms.  Much of the castle is crowded with historical memorabilia, looking like it might have been acquired in … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg’s visit to the House of Automata in 2019

Posted on May 25, 2020 by SallyK

Every thursday this month the House of Automata has taken us on fascinating virtual tours of their amazing world, but last year in 2019 the House of Automata was kind enough to let me visit their extraordinary headquarters in Scotland … Continue reading →

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Sally Kindberg looks at painting palettes

Posted on February 4, 2020 by SallyK

I’m currently a RLF Writing Fellow at City & Guilds Art School, and when not seeing students or getting on with my own work, it’s good to have a brief walk through the studios. If there are no students about … Continue reading →

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