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James Joyce went by train from Dublin to Trieste. A hundred years on, it's a very different experience

When James Joyce first travelled from Dublin to Trieste in 1904, he went via Paris, Zurich and Ljubljana. Zurich, because he mistakenly believed a job to be awaiting him there, and Ljubljana because groggy after the night train he thought they'd pulled into Trieste. By the time he twigged, the train had departed and, without ready cash, Joyce and his partner Nora Barnacle had to spend a night on the tiles.
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1 month ago

Wish you were still here: what happened to the one-hit wonders of 80s package holiday pop?

Thomson Holidays revolutionized travel with computerized booking in 1982, leading to an explosion of Europop hits in British holiday culture.
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