first, tentative words of English. That man, whose poetry I was reading on a Sunday afternoon, pint in hand, had persuaded my Granddad to move to the UK, a country he had barely dreamed of and where my family and I now live. Since leaving home, I've travelled across the world, trying to find something that wasn't there in my life back in the UK. But somewhere at the bottom of that pint glass, a world away from the fighting, realised that there's only so far you can go, before you start to come home again." By: Izzy Kaminski Published: March 2006 An interview with the author Please tell us a little about yourself. I'm a 22 year old student doing International Journalism in Cardiff. Born and raised in the UK, my family are Polish and Spanish, and I feel a strong link to that part of my heritage. What's your story about? It's a story about a strange coincigdence that led me to find out more about my Granddad and my past. It's about family and travel and growing up. It's about the idea that 'home' can be anywhere, but sometimes it takes you a while to find it. Why did you choose to tell this particular story? I really liked the actual narrative and thought it would work well as a digital story. It was also a part of my past I wanted to explore and this gave me a good reason to do that. What did you