Taxi Noir: Five Fabulous London Pubs
Last time I listed five great British pubs. This time out I’ll talk about five of my favourite London pubs. I could probably list a hundred; so as...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS NO. 129 December, 2020.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley. Photographs by Reginald Website: Google: Patricia Newell Dunkley for all previous Snippets. Greetings from down under where the whole of Australia is going through...
Porsche staying power ensures anachronistic 911 lives in Turbo S guise
IAIN ROBERTSON It may cost a whopping £155,000 these days but Iain Robertson defies you to nominate a more charismatic, or better built supercar than the remarkable 911 Turbo...
Living the Highlife in Downtown Miami Part 3 The Golden Fig
The Golden Fig By Ann Mealor Situated in an uassuming part of downtown Miami, close to the quaint Mary Brickell Village is the Golden Fig. We went for an...
Essential Ride Sharing Safety Tips
URL: ;auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60 Ridesharing services help millions of people to get where they need to be every day. They are more convenient and cheaper than traditional cabs. Although ridesharing companies...
If Lotuses were made of tin, the Elan would be badged Mazda MX-5
IAIN ROBERTSON It was always Colin Chapman’s intention to sell a close-coupled two-seater that was upmarket but affordable, considers Iain Robertson, which makes any Lotus references more than notional...
Quest for Speed: The Epic Saga of Record-breaking on Land
IAIN ROBERTSON Motoring Book Review It is that time of the year, when book sales increase and both coffee-table and readable materials assume fresh levels of relevance, writes...
Book Review 111 More Porsche Stories That You Should Know
IAIN ROBERTSON Book Review It is that time of the year, when book sales increase and both coffee-table and readable materials assume fresh levels of relevance, writes Iain Robertson,...
Morgan’s anachronistic but artful three-wheeler bows out, for the moment
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...
Book Review The Light Car Company Rocket – The Singular Vision of Two Men
IAIN ROBERTSON Book Review It is that time of the year, when book sales increase and both coffee-table and readable materials assume fresh levels of relevance, writes Iain Robertson,...
London Mural Festival now open for all to enjoy
Artists have been brightening the streets of London, Ann Evans has the details. Londoners and visitors to the Capital can brighten up their journeys by keeping an eye...
Ranjit Recommends: Ahimsa Vegan Cafe
Ahimsa Vegan Cafe is located on the backroads of the town of Pinner, Northwest London, that resonates with a bygone era of quaintness when life was simple and charming....
Eastbourne’s Sad Seafront
by Harry Pope First, a bit of basic history. The area was unwanted until the early 1850s, when the railway came to the town. It is between Hastings...
Upsurge in campervan sales boosted by factory-built VW California
IAIN ROBERTSON While the entire precept of motoring-with-home-outback has long been anathema to Iain Robertson, even he admits that the ‘designer’ appeal of Volkswagen’s California campervans could be contemplated,...
Ferrari takes another step into the stratosphere with ‘Modificata’
IAIN ROBERTSON It may not possess the ‘winningest’ team in Formula One (at present), highlights Iain Robertson, but its record in sportscar racing, in many ways more relevant...
A place to stay: the JW Marriott Miami
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
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
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
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 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 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...
New Santa Fe balances ‘big gob’, size and sophistication for Hyundai
IAIN ROBERTSON Seeking accord and upmarket aspirations are laudable qualities of the latest SUV from the South Korean manufacturer, writes Iain Robertson, while retaining mere hints of its past...
Sino onanistic excess broadens world market for Merc Maybach
IAIN ROBERTSON Contemplating the several decades’ worth of investment made by Daimler-Benz in the Chinese car market, highlights Iain Robertson, has proved to be immensely rewarding to the Teutonic...
Why Four Young Brits Decided to Live & Work Remotely from the Canary Islands
“We live in this amazing place and the beach is just over the road” “The ethos here is work hard, play hard. We work during the week and...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No 128, NOVEMBER, 2020.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs Reginald J. Dunkley www: Greetings from down under with glorious sunshine and summer fast approaching. Travel is rather tricky at the moment with...
Britain’s Horrific Treatment of Chinese Labourers During World War 1.
How the Chinese helped the British and French to win the War, but were treated like Slaves. A hundred years ago the Great War ended and Memorial ceremonies have...
Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalusia
Nine years ago – I find that hard to believe but my Andalucia Explorer blog tells me so, I wrote ´It´s fifty years since Penelope Chetwode, wife of John Betjeman,...
Knuckle-scraping Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392 is hardly ‘last ditch’
IAIN ROBERTSON While D Trump’s final flailings set a poor example of grace in defeat, states Iain Robertson, his ‘private militiamen’ can look forward to an antediluvian class of...
Nissan’s British-built Qashqai takes tech-first stance for 3rd-generation
IAIN ROBERTSON Working from a premise of ‘building excitement’ into its immensely popular mid-size SUV, writes Iain Robertson, Nissan has gone tech-happy and engineering-wise in ways that will add...
Taxi Noir: The Fifteen-Minute Village
Some folk are floating the concept of the “15-minute village”. With travel demonised, there’s growing support for people to stay at home and travel no further than fifteen minutes’...
Karl’s Chronicles. Article 52 Le Jardin Majorelle – A Painters Triumph.
The fashionable came to see and be seen, almost as worthy as the official pieces of art that lay bold but simultaneously unassuming around them. Chic supercilious women strolling...
Aznom Palladium: either the wittiest, or twittiest, new car to ever break cover
IAIN ROBERTSON Seldom lost for words, Iain Robertson admits to struggling with one of the strangest ever attempts of a notional Italian carmaker to formulate an entirely new strain...
New Santa Fe balances ‘big gob’, size and sophistication for Hyundai
IAIN ROBERTSON Seeking accord and upmarket aspirations are laudable qualities of the latest SUV from the South Korean manufacturer, writes Iain Robertson, while retaining mere hints of its past...
Trifle Slice
I’ve been thinking about creating this dish for some time. And Oh, what a success it’s turned out to be! Trifle Ingredients A plain sponge cake approx 300 g....
Crash investigation and why Volvo leads the entire market
IAIN ROBERTSON In order for a new car to be within half a chance of enjoying strong sales and market success, highlights Iain Robertson, it must pass a gruelling...
Welsh Witterings: a touch of luxury – pumpkin and champagne risotto
I often get bored with seeing the same old mushroom risotto listed on restaurant menus and I often feel that when it comes to the vegetarian dishes they forget...
CWA Dagger Awards 2020 Winners Announced
If you love crime novels, the CWA Dagger Award have now been announced. Ann Evans has the details. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest...
Ranjit Recommends: Vegan Spartan
Vegan Spartan is located in the epicentre of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and is the gateway of power and taste in Vegan cuisine. Indeed, the decor resonates with Veganism as...
Rachel´s Wanderings in Spain – Curtailed Again. New Restrictions for Bank Holiday Weekend
So Figgy Bread baked, eaten, baked and eaten again a rest is needed and more walking necessary, which as it is Bank Holiday Weekend – Dia de Todos...
Fiat has every right to be Cross but tantrum, or not, it might not save Tipo
IAIN ROBERTSON Four years ago, recalls Iain Robertson, sometime Italian car giant, Fiat, relaunched its Tipo model, with a comprehensively well-considered ‘offer’ to both private buyers and business users...