Rachel´s Wanderings in Spain – 12 – In My Element, Quick Trips and Spanish Wooden Doors
There aren´t many jobs where you get to see every bit of someone´s house! I have to say I love looking at houses, seeing basements and attics, master...
Grisly Crumbles Murder
‘You do love me, don’t you Pat?’ ‘Of course I do.’ ‘And you will leave your wife, won’t you?’ ‘Of course.’ ‘Before the baby comes‘ ‘My darling girl, you...
Steve’s Sojourns, Hadrian’s Wall
The sun settled down as an orange disc behind the stark outline of Hadrian’s Wall, one of those once in life time moments you know you have to photograph...
Malta Diary The softer side of the town of Hamrun – and misconceptions of its history; Chocolate Galore!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The town of Hamrun is one of the “youngest” in Malta (about 200 years since...
Welsh Witterings: Grab your Tin Hat
This week I went off to Hawthorne Trenches, in Elham near Canterbury. The trenches have been recreated at a working farm, by the farm owners nineteen year old...
Think you know your Rugby Football?
Think you know all about the game of Rugby Football? Ann Evans has come up with some facts that may surprise you. Depending who you support, rugby...
Ranjit Recommends: Sunday Shoreditch Secret Food Tour
Shoreditch represents the past and present of London’s storied history in its decor and character. Our tour guide Joe kicks off proceedings with a timeline of how the area...
A Stranger in Vegas Halloween: The Devil’s Day Part 2: Pumpkins are Jack-O-Lantern
Pumpkins become very popular in America during Halloween. People take out the inside of them, curve them in scary faces shapes and put a candle or light inside. I’ve...
Magnificent Sokol house in Brandýs nad Orlicí
There are buildings that will interest you at first sight. Something like love at first sight. Just with the building. One of these charismatic buildings is the Sokol house...
Halloween through the world, how do you like to play at being scared? – World Meanderings (n°74)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny If Halloween was only celebrated in Anglo-Saxon countries for decades it now has invaded the whole world and each...
Malta Diary Princess Elizabeth’s former villa residence to become national museum to reflect 150 years of Anglo-Maltese relations and connections to the British Royal Family
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: After many years of procrastination in which nothing was done, the current Government announced...
A Stranger in Vegas. Halloween: The Devil’s Day Part 1; the pagan origin of Halloween
Happy Halloween, Happy Halloween, it’s the expression that replaces all the greetings in America for the whole month of October. Of course in Las Vegas, to celebrate is a...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 10 Ghana & Togo – A Landscape Shared
So far this journey has unveiled the historical epoch of self-determination, championed by Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president and his grand ambitions to modernize the country after ending colonial...
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...
Harry’s Ramblings; Talking on Norman
It is great fun being a cruise ship lecturer, because you get to choose what you are going to talk about. My theme on the Oceana was ‘They Made...
Amboise, Royal city and Leonardo da Vinci’s last home – Meanderings through France n° 202
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny French king François I undoubtedly is the symbol of French Renaissance and during his reign he built and transformed...
A PLACE TO STAY – ASTLEY CASTLE
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Ann Evans discovers a unique holiday accommodation in Warwickshire It truly is a marriage of the ancient and...
Malta Diary Islands of a few kilometres by a few kilometres but the Maltese Diaspora is spread throughout world
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The surface area size of the Maltese Islands is 261 square kilometres, a miniscule crag in...
THE LANTERN OF ARDEN
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography Ann Evans takes a closer look at Astley’s St Mary the Virgin Church, once known as The Lantern of Arden. ...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No. 115 October, 2019.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley Photographs by Reginald J. Dunkley Website: Facebook: Patricia Newell-Dunkley Artist/Writer Google: Patricia Newell-Dunkley for all previous Snippets Greetings from down under where the weather is typically...
Harry’s Ramblings; Sussex on Fire
We have all been to bonfire displays over the years, but the county of Sussex has a strange phenomenon – Bonfire Societies. They do spread a little into neighbouring...
The Czech God of Music is dead.
The death of a beloved Czech singer Karel Gott has become one of the most discussed things in the Czech Republic in recent days. Thousands of people came to...
Malta Diary A statutory wedding vow in days of yore by the groom to his bride – “I solemnly promise to take you to the Mnarja Festival every year”
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Over the centuries the Maltese developed the knack of corrupting foreign place names in the...
Trafalgar Square; London’s National Heritage Grade 1 Square.
Trafalgar Square; London’s National Heritage Grade 1 Square. Trafalgar Square’s history has been traced back to the Interglacial Period, as traces of cave lions, rhinoceros, straight-tusked elephants and hippopotamus...
A Hidden Gem in Warwickshire – Astley Castle
Photos by Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography. Ann Evans reveals the fascinating story behind Astley Castle in Warwickshire. Like the phoenix risen from the ashes, Astley Castle has...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 9 The Fetish Market
Boar skulls, calcium white with worn teeth and small tusks, had been lined up with the same passion for precision as a greengrocer. Though they had no eyes, one...
More than pork pies in Melton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray, or just Melton, is a small county town in the north east of the English county of Leicestershire. It lies close to the picturesque Vale of Belvoir,...
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...
Mumbai Memoir 112- Iconic Buildings of Old Mumbai
As I take my morning walks in South Mumbai, it’s a joy to pass by iconic institutions and building structure of Mumbai which still stand strong even after their...
Steve’s Sojourns : Berwick-upon-Tweed
They used to be big on fighting in Berwick-upon-Tweed. In fact they once declared war on Russia. Probably no other town in Britain has had such a long and...
Paraguay, one of South America’s best kept secrets – World Meanderings (n°72)
By Annick Dournes & Frederic de Poligny Paraguay, a name that makes you dreaming, maybe a mixed dream of jungle smells, wild life and...
Malta Diary That was The Rock that was – Malta’s greatest all-time robberies from the Museum of Natural History
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The expression I hate most – used mainly exclusively by Maltese people posting on Facebook...
Fishbourne Roman Palace bigger than the Queen’s
“Now come on lads, we have to lay a new water main across this field. East peasy, type of job we’ve dug hundreds of times before, we’ll be finished...
Tanks for the memories…
IAIN ROBERTSON If you have ever wondered what the five most powerful battle tanks in the world are, writes Iain Robertson, wonder no longer, as ‘’ has created a...
Malta Diary Were beds as we know them today first used in Malta and Egypt? Could well be! The association between Malta and beds is lengthy and varied.
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The Maltese Islands have a history that is latent with its connections to beds, bedding...
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...
Medieval Michelham Priory
I recently visited Michelham Priory, near Eastbourne, East Sussex. I discovered it many years ago on a school trip, and I fell in love with it as I was...
An idiot in the Workhouse
My grandmother was born in 1891, and she visited the Clapham workhouse as a child in about 1900. She had to go there a few times to visit family...
MALTA DIARY: The mists of time and old wives’ tales
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: I was quite astounded some time back to read that some well-known fairy tales...
Taxi Noir: Cab Passengers
This week I’m going to talk about relations with the passengers I get in my taxi. I’ve talked a fair bit about the Knowledge of London and the part...