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Author: Deborah O'Donoghue

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 . . .

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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

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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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How to spot Belgian surrealism when it’s hiding in plain sight

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The Belgian masterpiece that became the most stolen work of art in history

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Why Brussels dazzles on a snowy day

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Traveling to the Frankfurt Book Fair and on to see a Brussels friend

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Exclusive early release of The Refugee Journal

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“I take with me the feeling of the colorful and lively city Brussels is” — Marek Šindelka at Passa Porta

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Discovering the natural beauty and nomadic traditions of Kazakhstan

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