Podcaster, Writer and Traveller

I’m Emma, and currently I am a podcaster, writer and traveller. I love old buildings and vintage cars, and in the recent past I have been a conservation building surveyor, a post conflict cultural heritage consultant in SE Europe, a bookshop owner, and whilst travelling I have turned my hands to washing dishes, chambermaiding, running a B&B and many other short term jobs to earn a crust on my travels across the world - how else can you sustain yourself on a long distance trip but that's half the fun!

I founded Travelling Through… in 2014 as a bookshop-cafe and bar in London and from the very beginning the focus has always been about people, places, and ways of living - a journey which we are all on through our lives to one extent or another. When the bookshop closed in 2019, I morphed the concept into a podcast and it's become a bit of a mission of mine to share with you ideas from on the road around community, place and cultures - an experience which deepens that which one can read in a book.

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Whether you like to travel or prefer the armchair approach, I hope to bring you inspiration, motivation and spark your curiosity to discover more about life, our world and our cultures.

Perhaps we shall meet through book club gatherings, podcast recordings or on the travelling road, but which ever way, I look forward to hearing your story.