North Yorkshire Moors Railway is on Track for a Full Recovery
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has received a £296,000 Capital Kickstart Fund Award from first round of Culture Recovery Fund. Ann Evans has the details. North Yorkshire...
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...
Mumbai Memoir 142- Bonding with Mumbai’s first inhabitants- The ‘Kolis’.
Once when I visited a local fish market, I overheard a fisherwoman proudly telling her customers, “since the 7 Islands, we have been selling fish here in Mumbai &...
Lay flowers on Napoleon’s grave – World Meanderings (n°111)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny In 2021 Santa Helena celebrates the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s death. Unfortunately due to the Covid 19 pandemic most of...
Malta Diary How we the Maltese and Gozitans fill our empty stomachs when we are hungry
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: What satisfies the Maltese and Gozitan palates and fills their stomachs? Forget the nouveau French Cuisine, a few coloured...
Welsh Witterings. The Making of the Great British Pie What Pie shall I choose?…A Noble Affair too!
There are many discussions on Britain’s national dish, from traditional Roast beef and Yorkshire Pudding to Fish and Chips! However I believe that the Great British Pie should be...
Taxi Noir: Top 10 London Streets
What follows is a very personal and subjective survey of some of my favourite London streets. Seven of the ten are in Central London, while the last three...
Yield to temptation of the irresistible Dordogne Valley walnut cake – Meanderings through France n° 228
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Dordogne Valley has recently been listed twelfth best holyday destination by the Belgian website “European Best destinations”. Dordogne valley...
Malta Diary Should prostitution be legalised in the Maltese Islands – controversy rages
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: … and when you think you have heard them all, something else crops up that leaves you totally speechless...
Malta’s Mgarr War Shelter. A thought-provoking experience.
Il-Barri, meaning The Bull, was a regular restaurant for us when we used to go to Malta, says Lyn Funnell. I knew that underneath it was a WW2 shelter...
Taxi Noir: Top 10 London Districts
What follows is a very subjective and personal survey of my favourite areas to visit in London: The City of London is a compact little borough, also known...
SHELLY BEACH SNIPPETS No.131 February, 2021.
Patricia Newell-Dunkley – Photographs Reginald J. Dunkley Greetings from down under with more suggestions for your bucket list. February is a very warm month in Australia and usually...
Malta Diary Was Malta ever a part of Sicily? Scientists and geologists say definitely not
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: History has it that before the start of World War II when Benito Mussolini had Italy in his grip,...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 59 Leptis Magna, Libya
In this article Karl Beeney reflects back on a late January day in Libya in 2011. Having moved on from Tripoli, the buffered vintage Mercedes rolls past the...
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’...
A 19th century love story on the peaks
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Nothing predestined Isabella Straton and Jean Charlet to live one of the most romantic and adventurous love stories of the 19th...
The Devil’s Footprints
In the morning of the 9th February 1855 the residents of towns stretching across 100 miles, from Devon to Dorset, awoke to find weird footprints in the deep snow....
Malta Diary How green are our valleys in Malta and Gozo?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Malta and Gozo are criss-crossed with valleys and ditches but unfortunately, rainwater quickly drains away and deposits eroded and...
Welsh Witterings: How to be a Good Housewife – Part One
In 1955, Housekeeping Monthly published a Good Wife guide, within its pages were details of how to keep, house, home and husband harmonious. As you flick through its pages...
FORGE MILL NEEDLE MUSEUM
Photos courtesy of Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography As we optimistically look forward to days out during 2021, Ann Evans suggests you add Forge Mill in Redditch to your...
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...
February 10th, try these 10 pulses recipes from around the world – World Meanderings (n°110)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny February 10 will be the “World Pulses Day” and a good opportunity to travel the world through exotic recipes where...
Baby Bugatti reborn and reimagined with renewed investment potential
IAIN ROBERTSON One of the world’s most charismatic brands is undoubtedly Bugatti, to which Iain Robertson was uniquely privy on 15th September 1991, when it was relaunched by Romano...
Malta Diary Waste not, want not – Of bread and bread puddings – Maltese style
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: It was this site’s Supremo, Lyn Funnell, who set my mind thinking some years back when she sent...
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...
Paris, the French capital, is situated on the river Seine in the northern part of the country.
One of the world’s wonderful avenues in one of its great cities By Ann Mealor One of the world’s most stunning cities, it welcomes over 17 million foreign visitors...
The walled city of Chellah, Morocco
On the edge of the Moroccan capital of Rabat stands the walled city of Chellah. One of the first signs of human occupation in Morocco, it was started by...
Nefertari’s tomb, a tribute to love – World Meanderings (n°109)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Queen Nefertari died 3,275 years ago and after all these years she still is a model of feminine beauty. Her...
Malta Diary The Dwejra Azure Window is gone but there are other natural attractions around Malta and Gozo
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Dwejra is a fascinating little spot in the north west of Gozo, just north of the little village of...
Welsh Witterings: For the Love of a Vegetarian Sausage
There is something rather great and British about sausages, whether sizzling on a barbeque or featuring on a fry-up menu we could not live without a banger or...
Mumbai Memoir- Exploring beyond Mumbai’s borders!
As the year started rolling, Mumbai’kars started ‘seeing light at the end of the tunnel’, given the pandemic situation. The vaccination drive in India has started since 16th January...
Feeling like a rally raid pilot? Think Abu Dhabi! – World Meanderings (n°108)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny For two weeks the 2021 edition of the Dakar rally that ended last Friday has once again been a great...
Malta Diary Ggantija Neolithic Temples – built by a giantess who devoured broad beans and honey?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: I have heard some strange stories in my life – but this has to be one of the strangest!...
Welsh Witterings: Old Fashioned Cleaning Recipes – that work!
Put down the sweet smelling, synthetic spray polish and step away from the cans of air freshener, for these are fool’s gold, which will not only make your home...
Full Steam Ahead for North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
Crisis appeal success secures future for North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Ann Evans has the details. One of the UK’s most popular attractions, North Yorkshire Moors Railway,...
MALTA DIARY: In the darkness of night, the mists of time – mysterious old wives’ tales that people swallowed
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Some well-known fairy tales dated pre-history and were subsequently and diligently handed down from one generation to another...
The golden Brioche Vendéenne is ready to conquer UNESCO – Meanderings through France n° 225
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Every age has its pleasures and one of my childhood’s bests undoubtedly is the Brioche Vendéenne. This light and fluffy...
Trondelag, Mid-Norway
The Norwegians have a saying, There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing! Trondelag is in Central Norway, stretching up to the Swedish border. It’s known as...
Karl’s Chronicles. Great Zimbabwe – Empire Circular
Viewed today as the largest stone structure south of the Sahara, the Shona built kingdom of Great Zimbabwe lasted for four centuries. Built with the wealth acquired from...
Centro De Portugal
It’s amazing in this day and age that there are still virtually undiscovered areas in Europe. I visited Centro de Portugal a few years ago, but it will still...