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Nat Newman is a freelance writer and editor from Australia. She has lived and worked in the UK, China and New Zealand and now lives in Croatia where she is attempting to learn its impossible language while working on her first novel. She blogs about travel and writing at www.lividlili.com and can be found on Twitter @lividlili

Science

You kuna believe how cute the marten is!

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Imagine heading into your local pub and ordering a beer, “Sure,” says the bartender, pushing you a pint. “That’ll be 15 squirrels.” That is essentially what happens in Croatia. The currency is named for the kuna – a small rodent…
Science

Our Man Tesla

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It was a hot and stormy summer’s night 160 years ago when Nikola Tesla drew his first breath. If the world had known what wonders he would bring, it might have paid more attention. Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest scientific minds of…
Literature

Charles Dickens: A love story

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Before there was Serial, there was Charles Dickens. Offering weekly or monthly morsels of fiction, Dickens was an international literary sensation. If he were around today, he'd be writing for television and he'd be a superstar. One…
Visual-Features

Pimp My Pump in Zagreb

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Wander through the streets of Zagreb, and you may accidentally stumble across Marge Simpson, Jimi Hendrix or Kurt Cobain. No, we're not talking hallucinations – we're talking Pimp My Pump. Pimp My Pump is a collective of six Croatian…