Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine Feng shui, acupuncture and qigong, chow mein, kung fu and dragon racing, all elements of the Chinese culture that have seeped into our lifestyle. Chinese culture is...
Magazine Recipe Test Sheet
Those of you who create your own recipes may find this useful. Several years ago I won a Recipe Competition in a Woman’s Magazine, Good Housekeeping. Apart from a...
British Motor Museum wins prestigious award
It’s another award for the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Ann Evans has the details. The British Motor Museum has won a prestigious Royal Automobile...
Love Your Dog?
Will it be puppy love this Valentine’s Day? Ann Evans discovers ‘Be My Valentine’ trays for dogs. If you’re a dog lover, every day is a day...
Places to go, things to do in West Sussex
Racing cars and thoroughbreds, a sculpture park and the South Downs Way, Chichester, Cowdray and country pubs, all housed within a West Sussex region, frequented by the Women’s’...
Mumbai Memoir 140- Experiencing travel, nature & food beyond the ‘tunnel’!
Imagine a train running through a landscape of mountains, rivers and towns and suddenly a tunnel appears through which the train has to pass. The train is engulfed with...
Malta Diary A lengthy Jewish legacy going back 3,500 years
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: There is a Maltese language expression that states “Rabti u Zebbugi jaghmlu Lhudi” which means “if you cross a...
Welsh Witterings: Making Festive Memories to Last a Lifetime
I often lament the loss of Christmas spirit and how each year the commercial elements of Christmas steal yet another inch of this special time of year, but...
Malta Diary A pictorial panorama of the Maltese Islands over the last 200 years
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My four grandparents died 50, 40 and 30 years ago. I often muse that if they were resurrected today...
Welsh Witterings: Seren’s Favourite of the Year. Counting my blessings
It is easy to take things and loved ones for granted. We all do it to some extent, but lately I have been reflecting on this and also...
Cracking Christmas Cocktails & Mulled Wine
It’s that time of year when a glass of warm, spiced wine is just the ticket to make you flow with Christmas cheer. I’ve compiled Ingredients 2...
Welsh Witterings: 2020 Christmas is Cancelled
Well, it seems that Corona-Sadism continues as the country is told that the much hoped for relaxation of Christmas rules will not happen and that Christmas is effectively cancelled....
Boxing Day travel then and now
by Harry Pope Looking through some old photos reminded me of how travel was in the 1950s. We lived in North Cheam, which is in south London, not that...
Can’t go to Athens this Christmas? Have a Greek Festive Season at home – World Meanderings (n°106)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny With the covid’s restrictions making us more and more frustrated it might help to travel in our head and in...
Hatton Shopping Village welcomes new businesses
Five new businesses have opened at Hatton Shopping Village in Warwickshire, Ann Evans has the details. Hatton Shopping Village, the quintessentially English shopping village, is welcoming several...
Can’t go to Reykjavik? Have an Icelandic Christmas at home – World Meanderings (n°105)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Why is it that northern cold countries have this comforting reputation of warmth and hospitality? Close your eyes and try to imagine...
Light and Easy Christmas Cake, No Egg Fruit Cake, Quick to Make
This recipe is one I play with depending on what dried fruit is in the cupboard. Usually I have dried figs, which I dry myself in the Andalusian sunshine,...
The Ailing Tradition of Christmas Cards- Blessing or Loss
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...
Wishing you a Happy Early Christmas!
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...
Mumbai Memoir ~ All for a pot of curd!
The 21st century Mumbai buzzes with all the activities that a modern world city possesses. But besides it modern appeal, its ancient roots still reflects when the city celebrates...
Harry’s Ramblings Love Me Tender
by Harry Pope My wife thinks I can’t sing. She is right, but just sometimes I can hold a note sufficiently long to be able to entertain others as...
“Celestyal Cruises” offers a free travel insurance including COVID-19 cover – World Meanderings (n°101)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Celestyal Cruises the world-renowned Greek cruises company proposes a free additional insurance including the COVID-19 cover for every booking made...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 51 The Wicked Burning
‘Remember, Remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot!’ Well, there is still plot in the nights terrifying logistics, plenty of gunpowder rammed into those exploding rockets, and...
Taxi Noir: Behind the Silk Curtain
It’s fair to say that food plays a central role in my life. My working day is planned around meal times, and when I’m not working, I’m either eating...
Welsh Witterings: Simple Cake Memories
As a mother of five I have many books on cooking with children, which I leaf through and sigh, ‘wouldn’t it be wonderful to whip up a three tiered,...
“La Grande Odyssée”, the most spectacular dog sled race in Europe – Meanderings through France n° 221
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Once again from 9 to 20 January 2021 international mushers and their dogs will be ready to conquer one...
Rachel´s Wandering´s in Spain – Still Masked, Breathless and a Grandma
Compulsory mask wearing still has not got me beaten. Every opportunity, opening the office door or car door, and it is whipped off! I’m not as quick to...
It’s All Happening at Hatton and Gaydon
Whilst things are changing on a daily basis due to Covid-19, three Covid – safe events are planned for the coming weekends around Warwick. Ann Evans has...
Mumbai Memoir 135- Virtual Travels from Mumbai city!
Travelling is a great way to free the mind. It’s a way of transporting one’s self into a totally different environment and refreshing one’s soul in the process. But...
Mumbai Memoir 134 – Truly an Eco-Friendly Ganesh Festival in Mumbai!
Ganesh festival is a big 10 -day festive event in Mumbai. But this year due to the pandemic, the festival celebration was as invisible as the new coronavirus! Festivals...
MALTA DIARY: You can take the Maltese out of fireworks – but you can’t take fireworks out of the Maltese!
Gloom and low morale offset by colour and spectacle ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: August was planned as a bonanza month when in...
Welsh Witterings: Great British Food Award Finalist
This year all the food awards have been a little strange as a result of the Covid19. The dates for entries to be sent for judging have been all...
Mumbai Memoir -133- Glitter in the midst of Mumbai’s ‘darkness’!
This year’s 15th August marked the 74th Independence Day of India. Due to the COVID-19 ambiance most of Mumbaikar’s are experiencing a surreal gloom about the festivals that are...
Malta Diary A pictorial panorama of the Maltese Islands over the last 200 years
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My four grandparents died 50, 40 and 30 years ago. I often muse that if they were resurrected today and...
Taxi Noir: Drinking for Britain
What a mad few months it’s been. A lot has happened, and a lot of things have been turned on their heads. For instance, kids could go to Primark...
Malta Diary The feast of Illuminations ‘L-Imnarja’ – but this time in a lesser light …
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: The 29th of June, date of the feast commemorating Saints Peter and Paul, has been a major event in...
Glenfiddich comes to the aid of the Speyside community – World Meanderings (n°88)
By Annick Dournes Frédéric de Poligny Due to the Covid-19 epidemic the 2020 edition of the Spirit of Speyside Festival had to be cancelled. To support the local...
Audi endured racing success for more than two decades
IAIN ROBERTSON The pandemic has upset the plans of many companies and events, not the least in the field of motorsport, which Iain Robertson suggests has been decimated by...
NGS Reopen Their Open Gardens!
Ann Evans brings great news for garden lovers! The great news for everyone who loves gardens and gardening, is that the National Garden Scheme’s open gardens are...
Time to awake your senses with “Greek Summer” 2020 – World Meanderings (n°87)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Greece is ready to welcome tourists again and intends to let it be known. Last week at the Aegli, an...