Author: worstjourney
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Drawing in Dundee
I always love visiting Scotland, and one of my favourite things to do while there is hang out with the ghosts of the Heroic Age on the RRS Discovery in Dundee. I will always recommend a visit, but if you happen to be convenient to Dundee on Thursday 27 July, I will be hosting a…
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Ponting (and me) at The Atkinson (no relation)
In the seaside town of Southport is a museum called The Atkinson. This has no connection to Surgeon Lieutenant E.L. Atkinson R.N., but does have a polar connection in that Frederick Hooper, Terra Nova steward, spent the latter years of his life in Southport, and left them his Antarctic stuff. It also happens to be…
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Die Schlimmste Reise
Worst Journey: The Graphic Novel is out in Germany! From 23 May 2023 you will be able to get a super-large glossy and deluxe Die Schlimmste Reise der Welt from Panini, translated by the excellent and fastidious Katharina Reiche. The annotations are significantly reduced from the English version, but are be available on this site…
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Polar Museum Show
When an unexpected gap in programming opened up in the Polar Museum’s exhibition calendar in the autumn of 2022, they generously asked if I might like to do something about the graphic novel to fill the space between shows. Vol.1 is only the journey to Antarctica, and therefore not very polar, as such, so we…