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8 Men and a DuckEven with the wind on our side and all eight of us pulling, we had never yet managed to change the complex sails....Now we had to pull against the...Read More
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The Scotsman, December 9, 2011
...on an outsized Harley Davidson into the byways of small-town America. Nor should you bypass Urban Worrier by Nick Thorpe (Little Brown, £13.99): “This is the story of how I began to play a little more with my soul.” Do not be deterred. Starting in...
The Scotsman, June 25, 2011
...Urban Worrier: Adventures in the Lost Art of Letting GoBy Nick ThorpeLittle, Brown, 254pp, £13.99 Nick Thorpe is a man at breaking point. Finding himself slumped at his desk one Monday morning, completely burned out, the freelance journalist decides...
Caledonian Mercury, June 7, 2011
...By Nick Thorpe I am in recovery from a long-standing addiction. While others may secretly gorge on chocolate or swig from a bottle hidden in the top drawer, I head furtively for...
BBC, February 25, 2012
...has marked 70 years since the death of hundreds of Romanian Jews off the coast of Turkey. As Nick Thorpe reports, they died on the way to what they believed would be a new life...
BBC, February 25, 2012
...has marked 70 years since the death of hundreds of Romanian Jews off the coast of Turkey. As Nick Thorpe reports, they died on the way to what they believed would be a new life...
Portsmouth Today, February 16, 2012
...STANDING in the middle of a group of young Scouts, Nick Thorpe appears to be a pillar of the community. But in fact the Scout leader was hiding a sickening secret – he had abused boys in his care years earlier...
Portsmouth Today, February 11, 2012
...the trial of a Scout leader accused of abusing young boys has begun trying to reach its verdicts. Nick Thorpe, master of a Portsmouth Scout group, is alleged to have plied two boys with alcohol before abusing them at his home. He denies assaulting the...
Portsmouth Today, February 10, 2012
...A SCOUT leader is standing trial accused of raping and molesting young boys. Nick Thorpe, master of a Portsmouth Scout group, is alleged to have plied two boys with alcohol before abusing them at his home. The married 48-year-old denies assaulting the...
Modern Ghana, February 7, 2012
...said.Elections in Romania are scheduled to take place in November, but the BBC's Central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe says they're likely to be brought forward to the summer. President Basescu appointed Boc's Justice Minister Catalin Predoiu as...
BBC, February 6, 2012
...in the country - where some 60,000 households are without power - as "critical". The BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from Budapest...
