Author: Deborah O'Donoghue

Deborah O'Donoghue

Deborah studied English and French at the University of Sussex, and Performing Arts at the Sorbonne. She is an experienced teacher and education consultant, and has also worked in car body repairs, as a gopher in a comedy club and in the best fish and chip shop in Brighton. Her debut novel, Sea of Bones / Das Strand Haus, is out on Legend Press and Droemer Knaur.

Belgium Brussels & Regions Interview Opinion

Portrait: Doctor David Oliva Uribe

29 September 201929 September 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

For September’s Portrait, we visited the creator of the ‘intelligent scalpel’, Doctor David Oliva Uribe, in his EIT Digital offices

city Cult'Art Instagram

Hidden Gems: Seven Instagrammable Walls of Brussels

15 September 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

Surprising as it may seem, walls are BIG right now and for once we’re not talking about Trump or the

Cult'Art History Manneken-Pis

Brussels Hidden Gems: Jeanneke Pis – Is it time to bring Brussels’s pissing girl out of the darkness?

1 September 20191 September 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

Most visitors to Brussels are familiar with the Manneken Pis. The small statue of a boy urinating on the corner

Belgium Cult'Art History

Brussels Hidden Gems: See the buried River Senne and True Heart of Brussels

26 August 201926 August 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

In the centre of Brussels, just five minutes on foot from the tourist hub that is Grand Place, lies a

Ixelles Lifestyle Opinion

Brussels Hidden Gems: Secret City Islands

4 August 20194 August 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

Behind ordinary streets, shielded by brick facades, lurking so quietly that most visitors will not even suspect their existence, lie

Edith Cavell

Cult'Art History International Opinion

Portrait: Edith Cavell

3 August 20196 August 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

I grew up being told about Edith Cavell. According to family lore, she was my distant cousin. A British clergyman’s

Beer city Foodie Ixelles

Brussels Hidden Gems: the Malting Pot, Ixelles

27 July 201927 July 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

After the Cantillon Brewery and the after-work party at Abbatoir, we visit another address for those who love a good

Brussels & Regions France International Opinion

Portrait: Laurent Thieule – Director, Committee of the Regions, EU

20 July 201920 July 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

Name: Laruent Thieule Nationality: French Profession: Director, Committee of the Regions, EU “In Belgium we’re totally divided . . .

Anderlecht Cult'Art Visit Brussels

Brussels Hidden Gems: Afterwork Party at Boeremet, Abattoir – and more

7 July 20197 July 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

Continuing our tour of the Midi area of Brussels, via Pensions Tower and Cantillon Brewery, today we head ten minutes

Beer Belgium Brewery Cult'Art

Brussels Hidden Gems: Cantillon Brewery, Anderlecht

30 June 2019 Deborah O'Donoghue

Less than ten minutes on foot from the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation and its modernist tower, tucked into a side street,

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