Chill out on Gasparilla
Gasparilla Island, one of a string of barrier islands along the southwest Gulf Coast of Florida, is located between Fort Myers and Tampa. The island is named after the...
Harry’s Ramblings What’s It Worth
by Harry Pope A couple of years ago a local Eastbourne lady was going to give items to a charity shop. Her friend said ‘try the auction instead.’ They...
Mumbai Memoir 130- Exploring the new Mumbai, the Web & the Mind!
The lockdown in Mumbai continues with news of some anti-COVID 19 vaccine being developed that would be released on 15th August (Indian Independence Day). Though everyone is sceptical of...
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...
Harry’s Ramblings Sacked from my Local Paper
by Harry Pope Early in 1965 I landed my dream job. Junior reporter on my local paper. I was 17, had passed ‘O’ level English Language and English Literature,...
Malta Diary What is happening under the seawater surface – now possible to be virtually present to make my dreams come true
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: The sea has always been my magnet from very, very early days. We lived ten minutes walking distance...
The British Motor Museum Reopens!
Ann Evans reports on more good news with the British Motor Museum’s phased reopening. The British Motor Museum at Gaydon, Warwickshire is delighted to announce that it has...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS NO. 123 June, 2020.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs Reginald J. Dunkley Greetings from down under where winter has finally arrived, cool crisp days and bright sunshine. Everywhere is still in lockdown and travel...
Book Reviews
IAIN ROBERTSON Continuing to delve into the latest offerings from the book publishing scene, Iain Robertson has discovered some true gems from the motor racing scene that he believes...
Harry’s Ramblings Harry’s Ghost
by Harry Pope In 2004 we owned a mid-terraced three storey house in Eastbourne, on the Sussex coast. It had been a B&B since being built in 1892, but...
Book Reviews
IAIN ROBERTSON Thanks to being cloistered away over the past few months, it seems that our nation has become increasingly book savvy and Iain Robertson has reviewed some of...
Add a French touch to your cocktails with Noilly Prat – Meanderings through France n° 218
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Noilly Prat is one of the finest, if not the finest French vermouth, made since 1813 in Southern France and a...
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...
Welsh Witterings: Farewell to Laura Ashley – a Piece of Welsh History
The home and fashion retailer Laura Ashley collapsed into administration a few months ago after its attempts to raise capital to fund a restructure of the business failed,...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 37 Temples in Ten – Part 1
Religion has always played a monumental part in shaping humanity, civilizations, politics, culture, dress and behaviour. In fact, it filters down through all levels of functioning society regardless...
In these tough times, let me put a VW eBulli smile on your face!
IAIN ROBERTSON While hardly a money-no-object exercise, writes Iain Robertson, sourcing a clean, original VW campervan, notably of the rare 20-window type, and then converting it from flat-four to...
Five exclusive live readings of “The Little Prince” to cheer up dreamers throughout the world
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny From 29 June to 3 July 2020 Michael Morpugo in collaboration with the “Institut Français du Royaume-Uni” and the “Antoine de Saint...
Malta Diary Mob Rule trickles into Malta too – once more idiots come to the fore
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: I normally refrain from presenting political situations on this site which is after all dedicated to Travel and Leisure. However,...
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...
Karl’s Chronicals. Article 36 Down and Out.
“The Downs .. too much for one pair of eyes, enough to float a whole population in happiness, if only they would look.” -Virginia Woolf diaries. Rich in history...
Updated List of our Talented Writers’ Publications – great reads for everyone!
The B-C-ing-U! Writers are many-talented. A lot of them are published authors, so why not take a look at what they have for sale? There are some great...
Harry’s Ramblings, Sherlock Holmes came to Eastbourne
by Harry Pope I had no idea of the number of famous people who have lived in Eastbourne, but there were a lot of them. Sherlock Holmes lived here....
Malta Diary Blue seas, blue skies – but will we enjoy them with tranquillity once more? Here comes summer!
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: I was then a youngster and the world was my oyster. Cares and worries were little except what was next...
A Stranger in America; Introduction to North Carolina
North Carolina is one of the few american states that people excessively move to according to statistics. Soon as I moved to that state, the world went chaotic and...
Karl’s Chronicles; Article 34 Variations In Seven
It could be easy to dismiss Egypt as a land known only for its red sea resorts, pyramids, and tombs of the New Kingdom pharaohs that line the...
The power of words
Have you read a book lately? Did the words jump out from the page, make you cry, shock or scare you? Heartbreak, humour, fear or murder. For most, a...
East Anglian adventures in North Norfolk
By Ann Mealor Norfolk is an eastern English county in an area historically known as East Anglia. The cathedral city of Norwich is the county town and the...
The Mersey, the Mississippi, Black & White Slavery & the Cotton Trade
It’s hard to believe that there are more slaves in the world now than there have ever been! Most of them are secret slaves now, imprisoned in the most...
Malta Diary. One of my Adventures in the Mediterranean – not what you know but who you know
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: Take one large melting pot, bung in equal volumes of Latin, Greek and Semitic blood...
Welsh Witterings: Simply Good Food
In these strange times I must confess I have lamented the inability to get out for a coffee or a spot of lunch. I love cooking for my family,...
Coping With Coronavirus no 23. Save Money! Cook while you Work; Ironed Sandwiches
I discovered an old recipe for Ironed Sandwiches. Fascinated, I had to try it! This was obviously originally invented when women used to heat up their flat irons to...
Harry’s Ramblings. How’s Your Bad Back
by Harry Pope I can’t understand why we have an obsession with dusting. If you dust, then there’s only going to be some more there tomorrow. I suppose it...
Coping with Coronavirus 22. Edwardian Parlour Games.
In the Victorian and Edwardian eras, people were a lot more trusting. Guests would arrive, armed with an introductory letter, or introduced by family or friends of their hosts,...
Malta Diary Once upon a time, olive oil was more precious than gold …Roman armies relied on it
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: They used to say that armies marched on their stomachs. However, Roman armies marched on olive oil. Without it...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 33 The Pyramid Game
The last of the great seven wonders, an exclusive club of architectural might and splendour on a pre-biblical scale. Time and natural calamities have brought the others to their...
Harry’s Ramblings I Failed the Eleven Plus
by Harry Pope I was the school dunce. Education was lost on my immature brain, and in 1959 I was allocated a place at the Lord Howard of Effingham...
In the pureness of Mount Athos – World Meanderings (n°86)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Greece will soon slowly reopen its doors to foreign tourists. From June 15 international flights will be able to land...
MALTA DIARY: Elaborate and extensive catacombs in Malta and a Punic tomb recently discovered probably dating back to 500 BC
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: My Blog: The Carthaginians ruled Malta before they were ousted by the Romans in about 250 BC...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 33 Out To Sea
Wide and open, under the vast canvas of a shifting sky, the Cuckmere Haven in England’s South East epitomises the striking blend between man, nature and the subtle chiselling...
Harry’s Ramblings My Dad, the Unsung War Hero
by Harry Pope It wasn’t until he had had died in 1997 that I came to appreciate just what my dad had done during WW2. He didn’t talk about...