Hi – I’m Georgie, writer, editor, and general rambler around The Phraser. This post is about words. Have you ever thought about words? Each little word? About how one word can grow until it’s a whole language. About how a baby today may end up sending us a message from a faraway galaxy, and yet […] The post Introduction to the audio links on this new edition of The Phraser appeared first on The…
On a hot Saturday morning in early May 2016, I walk across Naples, Italy to join a Curiosity Tour at the Metro station at Materdei, our meeting point. Our tour is to include the Cimitero delle Fontanelle, Totò’s house, and the Palazzo dello Spagnolo. There are about twenty of us in total, the majority appear […] The post Naples, Italy: a visit to Sanità starting with the Cimitero delle Fontanelle…
The London Magazine – ‘ England’s oldest literary periodical, with a history stretching back to 1732’ – contacted me to tell me that a piece of mine would be published in its online edition. It was a happy surprise as the piece, written originally for a competition run by the magazine, had been posted into […] The post Entry for a writing competition: A journey through silence appeared first on…
A Roman road – the ancient Appian Way – was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list on July 27th 2024. The news flooded my mind with memories of a similar road, the Via Domitiana. Instantly I was back in the heat of a blazing summer’s day on the outskirts of Naples celebrating a food festival […] The post The Appian Way gets UNESCO World Heritage Status appeared first on The Phraser .