Hold Fast! 6. Unicorn poo
As the crew of the Avontuur fight their way out of the Gulf of Mexico and battle a hurricane that delays their journey back across the Atlantic, ship’s cook Giulia faces the spectre of food and gas sh...
18 Aug 202518min
Hold Fast! 5. No better mirror than the sea
The crew of the Avontuur begin to wonder whether they will ever be able to get off the ship. As they become resigned to their new life of being completely confined to the ship, things become increasin...
18 Aug 202525min
Hold Fast! 4. Taking the biscuit
Unable to step off the ship, tensions are rising amongst the crew of the Avontuur and coping mechanisms begin to emerge. When the dry store is raided and boxes of biscuits go missing, ship’s cook Giul...
11 Aug 202517min
Hold Fast! 3. The world as you know it no longer exists
In the middle of the Atlantic, the crew of the Avontuur receive a satellite email with news from land that throws everything they’d been counting on to the winds. Their mission and schedule are in dis...
11 Aug 202523min
Hold Fast! 2. I didn’t know the sea was so big
The Avontuur begins the second leg of its journey, setting out from Tenerife to cross the Atlantic. At work in the galley preparing breakfast, ship’s cook Giulia Baccosi learns that the night watch no...
4 Aug 202518min
Hold Fast! 1. Signs from the universe
15 people, 188 days at sea, one extraordinary ship: how the Avontuur was locked out at sea during the Covid-19 pandemic.What would you do if your world shrunk to 300 square metres, and you had no say ...
4 Aug 202524min
My way out of the woods
A corporate high-flyer ended up living in a forest after a spiral of debt, shame and secrecy.After avoiding a mounting debt to his landlord, Australian Mic Whitty’s life started to crumble. Instead of...
28 Jul 202541min
Sex, love, Rock 'n' Roll... and The Sopranos
Robin Green is an American writer who has been dizzyingly successful, but she describes herself as a 'clueless girl'. At times, she didn't even realise she could actually write. In the early 1970s whe...
20 Jul 202540min
