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Malta Diary A history of plagues and epidemics over many decades – restrictions are endemic in the DNA of the people of the Maltese Islands

Albert FenechDecember 2, 2020Comments Off 2020-11-25T11:36:15+00:00

ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Yep, Christmas is coming and we should be hearing the tinkling of bells and the rustling of holly and ivy –...

The Ailing Tradition of Christmas Cards- Blessing or Loss

Seren Charrington-Hollins December 1, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-25T11:23:38+00:00

It’s not really news that the art of sending Christmas cards is an ailing one. I still like to send Christmas cards, indeed to me it is part of...

The Incredible Gardens at Cliveden

Ann Evans November 30, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-15T14:17:24+00:00

Photos: Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography If you are travelling to Buckinghamshire Ann Evans suggests you take time to visit Cliveden Gardens. There’s so much to say about...

Jeni on Drawing 5 – Drawing and Sketching

Jeni Caruana November 29, 2020 1 Comment2020-11-25T10:27:13+00:00

The differences between ‘drawing’ and ‘painting’ are not always easy to define. Drawings are generally personal, intimate things, often made quickly to capture a fleeting moment in time. Paintings...

What’s Up Cat App

Harry Pope November 28, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-27T09:35:02+00:00

by Harry Pope There is a new app called MeowTalk that has a specific function. It converts the noises that cats make into human comprehension. To put it simply,...

Wishing you a Happy Early Christmas!

Jane Wilson November 27, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-27T09:36:10+00:00

It’s mid-November. The roads and streets are eerily quiet. The shops and mega stores closed, no shoppers, no tourists. The feeling is bleak, no sense of festivity, no excitement...

Featured Articles

A place to stay: the JW Marriott Miami

Ann MealorDecember 2, 2020Comments Off 2020-11-26T15:00:05+00:00

Situated in Miami’s swish financial district, the JW Marriott Miami is the ‘grand dame’ of hotels being the first to open in this area. Due to its city location,...

Taxi Noir: A Handful of Great British Pubs

Chris Ackrill December 1, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-29T11:54:12+00:00

Great Britain is full of terrific pubs, and I’ve listed a mere five quintessentially British pubs that I hope to get to visit when the war is over. The...

Karl’s Chronicles Article 52 Benchmark

Karl Beeney November 30, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-24T09:24:12+00:00

Two steps up through an open painted door lead one into a garage that has long been overtaken, like the ivy spreading across the outer walls, by the...

Living the highlife in Downtown Miami Part 1

Ann Mealor November 29, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-26T15:16:16+00:00

By Ann Mealor Downtown is now the vibrant heart of Miami with a fast growing resident population of young, affluent, professions. A whole host of artistic, dining and entertainment...

Morgan’s anachronistic but artful three-wheeler bows out, for the moment

Iain P W Robertson November 28, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-25T12:41:21+00:00

IAIN ROBERTSON With Type Approval ending in 2021 on the vee-twin S&S engine visible on the front-end of Morgan Motor Company’s wonderful ‘trike’, reports Iain Robertson, a final...

Another shot of life for Merc B-Class

Iain P W Robertson November 27, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-25T10:17:31+00:00

IAIN ROBERTSON Mercedes-Benz should be referred to as the ‘saviour of lost souls’, such is its commitment to the B-Class, which Iain Robertson suggests is its remaining contender in...

Travel

A place to stay: the JW Marriott Miami

Ann MealorDecember 2, 2020Comments Off 2020-11-26T15:00:05+00:00

Situated in Miami’s swish financial district, the JW Marriott Miami is the ‘grand dame’ of hotels being the first to open in this area. Due to its city location,...

Taxi Noir: A Handful of Great British Pubs

Chris Ackrill December 1, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-29T11:54:12+00:00

Great Britain is full of terrific pubs, and I’ve listed a mere five quintessentially British pubs that I hope to get to visit when the war is over. The...

The Incredible Gardens at Cliveden

Ann Evans November 30, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-15T14:17:24+00:00

Photos: Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography If you are travelling to Buckinghamshire Ann Evans suggests you take time to visit Cliveden Gardens. There’s so much to say about...

Living the highlife in Downtown Miami Part 1

Ann Mealor November 29, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-26T15:16:16+00:00

By Ann Mealor Downtown is now the vibrant heart of Miami with a fast growing resident population of young, affluent, professions. A whole host of artistic, dining and entertainment...

Morgan’s anachronistic but artful three-wheeler bows out, for the moment

Iain P W Robertson November 28, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-25T12:41:21+00:00

IAIN ROBERTSON With Type Approval ending in 2021 on the vee-twin S&S engine visible on the front-end of Morgan Motor Company’s wonderful ‘trike’, reports Iain Robertson, a final...

Another shot of life for Merc B-Class

Iain P W Robertson November 27, 2020 Comments Off2020-11-25T10:17:31+00:00

IAIN ROBERTSON Mercedes-Benz should be referred to as the ‘saviour of lost souls’, such is its commitment to the B-Class, which Iain Robertson suggests is its remaining contender in...

Cuisine

Living the highlife in Downtown Miami Part 1

Ann MealorNovember 29, 2020Comments Off 2020-11-26T15:16:16+00:00

By Ann Mealor Downtown is now the vibrant heart of Miami with a fast growing resident population of young, affluent, professions. A whole host of artistic, dining and entertainment...

A sunny autumn city-break in Athens – World Meanderings (n°100)

Annick Dournes & Frederic De Poligny October 15, 2020 Comments Off2020-10-19T14:31:58+01:00

By Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny Being just back from a three weeks tour in Greece we can assure you that Greece is one of the...

Back to Greece: Zakynthos Island could boast being Greece paradise island

Annick Dournes & Frederic De Poligny October 1, 2020 Comments Off2020-09-30T13:09:33+01:00

Back to Greece. Zakynthos Island could boast being Greece paradise island By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Even if you won’t find any ancient Greek monument on...

Ranjit Recommends Cream, Cafes & Cycloramic Captures of Cornwall

Ranjit Shergill September 20, 2020 Comments Off2020-10-27T15:48:03+00:00

Cornwall was indeed the epicentre of British Tourism in the summer of 2020. Indeed, with many countries within mainland Europe now being added to the list of quarantined countries...

Back to Mystra, the ghost city of the Byzantine Empire – World Meanderings (n°98)

Annick Dournes & Frederic De Poligny September 3, 2020 Comments Off2020-09-02T16:31:33+01:00

By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny If we all know Constantinople as the first largest city of the Byzantine Empire, few of us know about the...

Pilsen, the city where beer flows like water – World Meanderings (n°97)

Annick Dournes & Frederic De Poligny August 27, 2020 Comments Off2020-08-26T15:10:56+01:00

By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Beer has been brewed in Pilsen ever since the town was founded in 1295. It also is the city where the...