Back to Greece, at last! – World Meanderings (n°90)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny After being postponed week after week since the end of the Greek lockdown flights from the UK to the main Greek...
Taxi Noir: Going Back to Prison
I’m sure many of us are fantasising about re-visiting our favourite pubs, restaurants and hotels. I know I am; I can’t wait to get cracking. I’m particularly looking forward...
Very Funny! New Mask.
There’s humour in everything as this photos shows. I thought this was very funny. It’s good to see the bars and restaurants reopening and people enjoying themselves...
Taxi Noir: A Brief Perambulation around Fleet Street
People think that because I drive my taxi around London all day I know all the best places to go, or know all the history. I don’t. I haven’t...
When I met Vera Lynn, The Forces’ Sweetheart.
It was sad news to hear about the death of Dame Vera Lynn at 103. She was a real Lady who brought a lot of happiness into the world....
5 star glamping on the French Riviera – Meanderings through France n° 217
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny “Esterel Caravaning” one of the most classy camping site of the French Riviera was finally able to reopen on June...
Mumbai Memoir 121- Orissa Diary Part III- Experiencing Odisha & returning back!
I believe, travel is the best form of ‘informal’ education. Being an avid History lover, I get fascinated while reading about travels done by ancient & medieval explorers and...
A Stranger in Vegas, Bourbon Street
Las Vegas is money and money is Las Vegas. One night out might cost the income of a whole one or two weeks of hard work or may...
My Year’s Favourite Article. A Stranger in Vegas. The Golden Nugget Hotel Casino
In 1946, project Diana bounces radar waves off the Moon proving that communication between Earth and outer space is possible. In 1946, the current US President Donald Trump was...
Favourite Article of the Year. Ranjit Recommends: Stem + Glory
The name of the restaurant illustrates the epitome of the Vegan cuisine; stems from plants and tastes glorious! Indeed, this is the restaurant’s inaugural London branch that is tucked...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No. 117 December, 2019.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley Photographs Reginald J. Dunkley Patricia Newell-Dunkley Website: Facebook: Patricia Newell-Dunkley Artist/Writer Google: Patricia Newell-Dunkley for all previous Snippets Greetings and good wishes for the festive season...
A Place to Stay; The Chequers Inn, Maresfield.
The Chequers Inn, in East Sussex, is an old Coaching Inn dating back to the 1400s. See my article It’s full of character and it’s a very popular...
Rachel´s Wanderings in Spain 13 Guadix, Renaissance Cathedral, Amphitheatre and Cave Dwellers
Usually I ignore the emails I get with special offers, but this particular hotel just kept popping up. What could I do? Cheap night away, spa circuit included in...
Taxi Noir: Great British Pubs – The Bartons Arms, Birmingham
As an aficionado of traditional British pubs it’s always a pleasure to visit the Bartons Arms in Birmingham. This stunning pub presents an outstanding example of classic pub...
Back to the Chequers for Dinner
The Ashdown Forest has always been a favourite Tourist area. And the Chequers Inn in Maresfield is a very popular place for a meal, to spend the night, or...
Welsh Witterings: Glorious Glastonbury
This week’s Welsh Wittering come from glorious Glastonbury, where I have spent the weekend at Karen Kay’s rather wonderful fairy market. I have met some wonderful characters and have...
Benjamin Franklin; Monster or Mastermind?
Craven Street, London has two neighbouring Museums, but very different. Just off the Strand near Trafalgar Square is the Georgian road, Craven Street. See my article It was...
Welsh Witterings: A Visit to Montgomery
Last weekend I decided to tear myself away from both research books and child centered activities and venture out to the pretty town of Montogomery in Mid Wales Marches. ...
A Stranger in Vegas Public Us : Shakshuka with Za’atar
Breeze is sweeping the summer heat, it’s a good day for a café and a cigarette. It’s a good day to go public. “Public Us”, I don’t know if...
Harry’s Ramblings; Steampunk Oddities
If you Google in the word Steampunk, the definition comes up as “ a style of design and fashion that combines historical elements with anachronistic technological features inspired by science...
Ranjit Recommends: Mealpal – Epic Lunches for a snip!
Mealpal offers customers a plethora of over 100 meal selections across the city of London on weekdays for less than £5, thereby resulting in a saving of at least...
Welsh Witterings: Good Honest Pub Grub
I’ve often lamented about the state of modern pub food and how I would love to go for a pub lunch and be offered a menu full of straight...
Ranjit Recommends: Brick Lane – Flavours of India & Beyond
Located in a melting pot of some of London’s most storied landmarks, Brick Lane is the focus of the afternoon during this London Food Tour. Indeed, this street is...
Ranjit Recommends: Cheese+Fromage
Cheese+Fromage offers a plethora of Grower Champagnes from across France that each have a storied history attached to them. Indeed, you can savour this luxurious beverage in congenial company...
Victorians with smelly feet
I used to be a volunteer usher at my local Royal Hippodrome Theatre here in Eastbourne, so it was a natural progression to become a theatre guide. It was...
Malta Diary A new humane outlook at what is termed to be “the world’s oldest profession” – Malta proposes to decriminalise prostitution
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The so-called ‘profession’ of a prostitute, also known as hooker, whore, street-walker, lady of the night,...
Sweet Indian summer in Nantes – Meanderings through France n° 199
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny According to opinion polls Nantes is one of French people favourite towns where they would love to live. Ideally...
Steve’s Sojourns A Place to stay in NORTH NORTHUMBERLAND
Sandwiched between Scotland and England Northumberland has drawn its lifeblood from both. If Scotland were to be described as red and England as yellow then Northumberland would be classified...
Ranjit Recommends: Leon’s West End
The restaurant chain Leon is synonymous with tasty health conscious fast food. However, on 13th February 2017 they opened their all-singing Leon branch in the West End of London...
Malta Diary Hip-Hop Hooray – and throw in some rock, some rap … and Malta is making its mark in the world of festivals and concerts
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Right ho – so yes, there is an age gap, a great age gap and I now stand (or...
19-19 Harry’s Ramblings. Warners Lakeside
For those unaware, Warners is a holiday company that brings cruising to dry land. They have quite a few holiday park complexes around the UK, specialising in short breaks...
Harry’s Ramblings Eastbourne’s early music hall
Before the railways came to Eastbourne in 1849 on England’s south coast between Brighton and Hastings, it was quite a small series of almost joined hamlets, certainly less than...
A Mini Celebration
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography It was back to the 1960s for the 60th birthday of the iconic Mini. Ann Evans reports. ...
Ranjit Recommends: The Bothy
The Bothy is the latest addition in a host of successful bar & restaurant chains by Drake & Morgan. Situated in the epicentre of West India Quay, The Bothy...
Mumbai Memoir 110- Nostalgic Moments beat the city blues!
When it rains in Mumbai, the city literally gets paralysed and most of the Mumbai’kars prefer staying back at home to avoid the havoc of the rain-soaked streets. When...
A Place to Stay. Steve’s Soujourns The Battlestead Hotel
The Northumberland countryside between Hexham and Bellingham has some of the most beautiful scenery in the north of England and a short drive away from the majestic Kielder Water...
Camber Sands Holiday Park, where you can Own your Dream!
Have you ever dreamed of owning your own Holiday Home, but thought it was out of your reach? Well think again! I’ve just spent a couple of wonderful days...
Ranjit Recommends: MiniMix
As Oscar Wilde famously said “there is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about”. Well, possibly the world’s largest mini bar...
Harry’s Ramblings. Eastbourne Sovereign Harbour
Eastbourne has a reputation for having a population of white-haired seniors, wheelchairs, walkers, miseries sitting on seafront wooden benches waving their sticks as pointers. Yes, they do exist, but...
Steve’s Sojourns A day in Salamanca,
Breakfast Why not join the people of Salamanca on their way to the office having an Espresso and an amarguillo, scrumptious almond biscuits that are a legacy of the...