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Naples, Italy: a visit to Sanità starting with the Cimitero delle Fontanelle

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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 […]

On a hot Saturday morning in early May 2016, I walk across Naples, Italy to join a Curiosity Tour at the Metro…


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My photographs on these postcards focus on landscape and detail. They are of places I've been, as well as moments where the light catches something that I might have passed many times, but never noticed. Some are taken on my iPhone and others, particularly the older ones, on a small, Canon PowerShot G7X. A bigger selection is on my Instagram georgieknaggs.

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My short stories explore life through the characters tucked into my imagination. As the pieces develop their voices grow louder, insisting on the world as they see it. I hope that this collection on The Phraser will give them a chance to find an audience.

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Usually it's the feel of a place that interests me, and the 'why' behind that impression. Rather than take notes I take photographs, returning to them when something I read or hear about focuses a fresh look at an area. The articles that then emerge, particularly those with people at their core, often tend more towards thought pieces rather than straightforward travel writing.

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I am a writer and home-made photographer, born and raised in Africa and now living in the UK. This site, the second volume of The Phraser, will hold some of my stories, photographs and articles based around travel. The aim is to grow the site gradually and to include some material from the original Phraser. If you'd like to look through the old Phraser (the first edition) it can be found at thephraserarchives.com.

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