They were the unlikeliest of heroes, yet they helped topple a hated regime. Their memory lives on in a fascinating…
Bernard O'Shea
Bernard O'Shea
Bernard O'Shea is a Sydney-based journalist whose mind is always wandering to faraway places. He has big ears and a cheerful self-deprecating humour stemming from a lifetime of being bombarded with Irish jokes, even while growing up in Africa. He says hello and thanks for reading.
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It’s fun treading the boards in the Teatro Amazonas, the prime urban attraction in Manaus, a city that’s had dramas…
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Being dumped with your friends’ soiled socks and underpants as they scarper off into the Amazon jungle certainly brings you…
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Atten-shunn! Fall in, everybody, behind Bernard O’Shea as he marches into a most unusual military zone and salutes its artistic…
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It can be fun acting out someone else’s travel fantasies, especially if it involves staying in a palatial hotel in…
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It doesn’t always get the greatest of publicity, but the bustling Polish capital makes a deep impression on Bernard O’Shea.…
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A long-dismissed culture offers timely, enduring lessons in the US capital. If aliens were to land on the National…
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It’s a gourmet hot spot with a spectacular outlook on Ireland’s south-west coast. Bernard O’Shea goes exploring and even finds some…
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The Cutty Sark may seem very British atop its perch in London, but as Bernard O’Shea finds out, it’s played a…
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In the first of Time to Wander’s series looking at UNESCO’s new World Heritage sites, Bernard O’Shea visits the spectacular…