Aislinn Shivakumar
Soneva Sustainability
So, here’s a little – or more, a big – side to the Soneva model which a lot of people don’t always seem to realise. Soneva Fushi is not...
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Alice Spencer
- Dec 19, 2020
- 3 min
Where There’s a Worry, There’s a Novel: The Rise of Climate Change Fiction.
“You chose to go litter picking on your lunch break?!” an incredulous friend asks me on the phone this week. “Well yes”, I explain. “But...
Aislinn Shivakumar
- Dec 14, 2020
- 3 min
Bright Minds and Sea Stars
Lots to talk about this week, from brilliant young minds to the wonders of the ocean. We’ve hit the winter season now – in terms of...
Alice Spencer
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Island Life - A New Way to Live
If you move five thousand, three hundred miles around the world, you might expect to be met with a slightly different way of life. I am...
Alice Spencer
- Dec 4, 2020
- 2 min
The Chapters Along the Way
The launch of the shop on Soneva Jani is within touching distance now, so as the finishing flourishes are being put in place, I thought...
Alice Spencer
- Nov 27, 2020
- 3 min
From the Press Office to Paradise: An Introduction to Alice
‘Excuse the unprofessional language but omggggg!!!!!!!!!!’ was how I responded to the email offering me the job to become one of Ultimate...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Nov 24, 2020
- 4 min
A Slice of Island Life
So, it’s officially been a week on Soneva Fushi, (we’re not counting my week in quarantine). I’m very glad to say that I have really...
Aislinn Shivakumar
- Nov 18, 2020
- 3 min
Launching The Lists
It has been a long week – and I’ve only been out of my quarantine for three days, so I’m just beginning to explore the borders of this...
Aislinn Shivakumar
- Nov 9, 2020
- 4 min
Flying on a Whim
Sometimes doing things on a whim work out surprisingly well. Deciding to visit Tokyo three days before you fly out? Worked out well....
Barefoot Bookseller
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
Life after the Barefoot Bookseller
There are periods of your life that seem to exist in a perfect vacuum, so far removed from the world you normally inhabit that when you...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Apr 16, 2020
- 3 min
'This Parting Was Well Made'
If the last few weeks has taught us anything, it’s that life doesn’t often work out the way we plan. My adventure in the Maldives began...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 30, 2020
- 3 min
‘The Poetry of Heaven’
It’s a cloudless evening when we climb the steps to the island’s observatory, a wooden tower in the middle of the jungle, extending above...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 20, 2020
- 3 min
Adventures from your Living Room
The world is in a strange place. Many of the things we have taken for granted – our health, freedom, ability to travel – have been pulled...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 13, 2020
- 4 min
Goidhoo Island
Pristine white beaches, crystal blue seas, luscious jungle, vibrant marine life, colourful coral; a list of sights you might expect to...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Mar 3, 2020
- 3 min
My Best Foot Forward
Living life barefoot, on an island that has no cars, where I’ve all but forgotten the smell of petrol, has got me thinking a lot about...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 25, 2020
- 5 min
A New Way of Diving
When I’m in the ocean, I love to dive right down, abandoning my snorkel, sucking in a huge breath, and plunging head first into the...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 20, 2020
- 4 min
Natural Navigation
Natural Navigator Tristan Gooley is on the island and he’s managed to prise me away from my book to take part in a different sort of...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 11, 2020
- 4 min
Waste to Wealth
At the island gardens, the sweet peas, striking indigo with a contrasting yellow central splash, are swaying in a light ocean breeze....
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 3, 2020
- 4 min
Read an extract from We Swim To The Shark by Georgie Codd
This is an opening extract from We Swim To The Shark by Georgie Codd, out now from Fleet Books, £14.99. I’m up to my waist in dark water,...
Barefoot Bookseller
- Feb 3, 2020
- 5 min
Into the Deep
When Georgie Codd decided to tackle her phobia of fish, she had more of an adventure in store than she bargained for. Determined to...
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