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A Quiet Evening: Travels of Norman Lewis — revealing the world in all its soiled beauty

Jan 3, 2025 | ft.com | Sara Wheeler

Norman Lewis is more relevant than ever. He reveals the world in all its soiled beauty and makes you feel you have never seen it before.
Civility in Disagreement: John Yoo and Harry Litman Engage in Lincoln-Douglas Debate // Scholastic // University of Notre Dame

Nov 8, 2024 | scholastic.nd.edu | Sara Wheeler

Ahead of Notre Dame’s matchup with Stanford on Oct. 12, two Californians assembled on Notre Dame’s campus for an entirely different type of confrontation. John Yoo and Harry Litman — both prominent law professors and former government officials, but with opposing political views — met to engage in a political and legal debate on matters relevant to the upcoming presidential election.
The Building Irish: Notre Dame and Habitat for Humanity Partner For Inauguration Build 2024 // Scholastic // University of Notre Dame

Oct 3, 2024 | scholastic.nd.edu | Sara Wheeler

" “One, two, three . . . GO IRISH!” Somewhere in South Bend, IN, a group of determined individuals donning gold helmets huddled together and shouted these words. Don’t be fooled! This wasn’t a Saturday in Notre Dame Stadium during a home game weekend. That rallying cry didn’t echo from the Fighting Irish football players, whose heads are topped by helmets containing flakes of 23.9 karat gold from the Golden Dome itself. No, these gold helmets were, in fact, hard hats.
The 25 Greatest Adventure Books of All Time

Sep 4, 2024 | mensjournal.com | Paul Theroux |Alfred Lansing |Sara Wheeler |Bill Bryson

We can't go on great adventures all the time, but we can read about them (see books every man should read in his lifetime). Whether it be a Nobel Prize winner driving across America with his dog, Anthony Bourdain taking us on a tour of the world's greatest meals, exploring the mysteries of the American West with Edward Abbey, seeing the Appalachian Trail through the eyes of Bill Bryson, or experiencing frozen hell with Sir Ernest Shackleton, these 25 books will take you on a journey.
This Isn't the South Bend Permacloud // Scholastic // University of Notre Dame

Aug 5, 2024 | scholastic.nd.edu | Sara Wheeler

" Spring in South Bend is always a gamble. Within a given April week, a Notre Dame student could be met with scorching 80 degree weather, a torrential downpour with 45 mph wind gusts and, yes, even a snowstorm that necessitates dusting off the parka that was prematurely put in storage. Monday, April 8, 2024 was one of those picturesque spring days that reinvigorates everyone’s spirits, much needed after having endured the bitter cold and permacloud for months.
A Childhood Dream Come True // Scholastic // University of Notre Dame

Apr 16, 2024 | scholastic.nd.edu | Sara Wheeler

" “It was like time stopped.” Notre Dame senior Kelly Skwarcan’s expression emanated delight as she recounted her first time exploring the Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, at age 10. Skwarcan and her father managed to wander through the museum for 14 hours. Human physiology seems to have stopped, too — to this day Skwarcan can’t recall eating or even using the bathroom the whole day. Skwarcan was in the fourth grade when she caught the Titanic bug.
‘Vagabond Princess’ Review: Gulbadan’s Journey to the West

Mar 15, 2024 | wsj.com | Sara Wheeler

In 1576 the Mughal emperor Akbar accepted his Aunt Gulbadan’s proposal that she should make the long voyage across the Red Sea to western Arabia. A visit of the haraman—or royal women—to the holy cities, Gulbadan suggested, would “consolidate Akbar’s standing as a great and blessed Muslim emperor.” Akbar approved, and the group soon set forth, with male guardians and a substantial retinue.
Pat Yale follows her hero across Turkey

Jan 28, 2024 | thespectator.com | Sara Wheeler |Jenny Colgan |Owen Matthews |Grace Curley

Green-eyed Gertrude Bell belongs in Charles Doughty’s Travels in Arabia Deserta, that slab of velvety antique that enthralled the English (they were not yet British) in the love-affair phase of their relationship with the Arabs. County Durham-born to a wealthy industrialist father, Bell (1868-1926) was a key player when the Powers tried ineptly to mould the Middle East, as the Ottoman Empire crumbled.
You Stole Our

Jan 25, 2024 | scholastic.nd.edu | Sara Wheeler

" Peering in from the outside, the concept of the “Notre Dame Family” isn’t necessarily self-evident. It certainly isn’t for Dave Clawson, football coach for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
The best travel books by women to inspire a journey of your own

Jan 11, 2024 | shepherd.com | Sara Wheeler |Martha Gellhorn |Freya Stark |Noo Saro-Wiwa

Martha Gellhorn’s blend of reportage and imagination ensnared me when I was barely out of my teens, and her preferred form has come of age in my working life. Not only do I think Gellhorn is a marvellous writer – at her best, one of the best – but I also identify with Gellhorn the woman.