4 Things You Should Know When Buying a Car for Your Teen
Image source: Parents will need to prepare for when their kids reach their teenage years and start learning how to drive. The thought itself is both exciting...
Can’t go to Reykjavik? Have an Icelandic Christmas at home – World Meanderings (n°105)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Why is it that northern cold countries have this comforting reputation of warmth and hospitality? Close your eyes and try to imagine...
Malta Diary Good urban planning – or a subterfuge for spirits, humanoids and secret sects? Maybe it was just plain commonsense?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: The island of Malta is riddled with underground tunnels and the two islands of Malta and Gozo abound with caves,...
2021 Ford Bronco Sport: A Compact Sport Utility Vehicle
After several years of anticipation, speculation, and excitement, Ford has revived the esteemed Bronco nameplate. In addition to the large, off-road-ready Bronco SUV, the 2021 Ford Bronco...
The Rise and Fall of the Argos Catalogue
It’s that festive time of year again and I can’t help thinking back to how Christmas shopping has changed. I miss high streets being busy hives of activity with...
Karl’s Chronicles. Victoria Falls – High & Dry
Mist, clouds, rain and thunder on a bright blue day! Such a contradiction would puzzle a meteorologist as two opposites couldn’t compete without one losing ground, but the performance...
Jeni on Drawing 6 – Drawing on Outside Influences
Art is a creative rather than a logical activity. Children learn to draw and paint by imitation, in much the same way as they learn language, or skills such...
Light and Easy Christmas Cake, No Egg Fruit Cake, Quick to Make
This recipe is one I play with depending on what dried fruit is in the cupboard. Usually I have dried figs, which I dry myself in the Andalusian sunshine,...
Living the highlife in Downtown Miami Part 2
Elciel By Ann Mealor A joyous, culinary journey into unchartered, unexplored territory. That was our dining experience at El Cielo. Meaning ‘heaven’ in Colombian, El Cielo is indeed a...
“Bid for the Louvre”, an online auction to help the Parisian museum – Meanderings through France n° 224
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny From 1st to 15th December the Louvre and Christie’s in collaboration with the French auction house Drouot organise an exceptional auction....
Malta Diary A history of plagues and epidemics over many decades – restrictions are endemic in the DNA of the people of the Maltese Islands
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: Yep, Christmas is coming and we should be hearing the tinkling of bells and the rustling of holly and ivy –...
The Ailing Tradition of Christmas Cards- Blessing or Loss
It’s not really news that the art of sending Christmas cards is an ailing one. I still like to send Christmas cards, indeed to me it is part of...
The Incredible Gardens at Cliveden
Photos: Rob Tysall, Tysall’s Photography If you are travelling to Buckinghamshire Ann Evans suggests you take time to visit Cliveden Gardens. There’s so much to say about...
Jeni on Drawing 5 – Drawing and Sketching
The differences between ‘drawing’ and ‘painting’ are not always easy to define. Drawings are generally personal, intimate things, often made quickly to capture a fleeting moment in time. Paintings...
What’s Up Cat App
by Harry Pope There is a new app called MeowTalk that has a specific function. It converts the noises that cats make into human comprehension. To put it simply,...
Wishing you a Happy Early Christmas!
It’s mid-November. The roads and streets are eerily quiet. The shops and mega stores closed, no shoppers, no tourists. The feeling is bleak, no sense of festivity, no excitement...
Enjoy the Costa del Sol at its best at “Ikos Andalusia”- World Meanderings (n°104)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Although we all have to grin and bear a sad and depressing autumn nothing says we can’t dream of our next...
Malta Diary Which country has the largest concentration of windmills in the world?
“Granite jaws that look down on fields of grain and devour them!” ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: In his poem ‘The Windmill’, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote: “Behold! a giant am I!...
Welsh Witterings: The Art of Making Flower Essences
When the sun is shining there is little dispute that being outdoors in a beautiful garden makes us feel happy, but it seems that it is not just from...
Honouring Our Canine Military Heroes
Photos courtesy of NMWDM (UK) and Rob Tysall As we honour and remember all those brave men and women who have served in the Armed Services, lets also...
Jeni on Drawing 4 – Drawing Around
When you think about it, drawing lines around things is really trying to capture an illusion. There are no lines around anything we see, only edges where one ‘thing’...
Harry’s Ramblings My Shame
by Harry Pope Have you ever done something that years later you say to yourself ‘wish I’d never done that?’ Well, there’s not much regret in my life, but...
Mumbai Memoir ~ All for a pot of curd!
The 21st century Mumbai buzzes with all the activities that a modern world city possesses. But besides it modern appeal, its ancient roots still reflects when the city celebrates...
Travel to Santa Helena Island with a cup of coffee – World Meanderings (n°103)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny St. Helena Island is world famous for being Napoleon’s last residence and death place. But this tiny island lost in...
Malta Diary Venice in Malta? A Grand Canal Scheme that went awry – and left its unpleasant aftermath
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: How shattering when a grand scheme based on noble aims goes askew and leaves a bitter aftermath that continued to...
The Changing Face of Supermarkets: the death of the deli counter
Over the years I have often lamented about the death of the high street and have written nostalgically about the loss of the corner shop, but today I find...
Coventry Remembers – 80 Years on
Ann Evans’ home city of Coventry commemorates a very important – yet terrible time in the City’s history, 14th November 1940 – The Coventry Blitz. It has been...
Jeni on Drawing 3 Drawing on Past Experience
More years ago than I care to count, when I was doing an art foundation course at Hull Art College, I fell in love with life drawing....
Harry’s Ramblings Love Me Tender
by Harry Pope My wife thinks I can’t sing. She is right, but just sometimes I can hold a note sufficiently long to be able to entertain others as...
“Tuska Utopia”, mixing online travel and metal music in Finland – World Meanderings (n°102)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny At a time when travel and music industries strive to survive “Tuska Utopia” proposes a new way to see metal music concerts...
Mumbai Memoir 138- Diwali message to my readers!
As the festival of Diwali is just round the corner, Mumbaikars pensively are thinking of how to go about celebrating the fest in midst of a pandemic. The festival...
“Celestyal Cruises” offers a free travel insurance including COVID-19 cover – World Meanderings (n°101)
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Celestyal Cruises the world-renowned Greek cruises company proposes a free additional insurance including the COVID-19 cover for every booking made...
Malta Diary Touches of sanity in today’s eyesore concrete jungle -archaeological sites and buildings now Scheduled and cannot be destroyed or altered in any way
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: I have written it before and repeat, if my great grandparents and grandparents were to be resurrected today and placed anywhere in...
Karl’s Chronicles Article 51 The Wicked Burning
‘Remember, Remember, the fifth of November, Gunpowder, Treason and Plot!’ Well, there is still plot in the nights terrifying logistics, plenty of gunpowder rammed into those exploding rockets, and...
Jeni On Drawing – 2. More on Drawing
All of us are born with an urge to make marks, to sing, dance and generally express ourselves individually. If you ask any small child if they can draw...
Harry’s Ramblings; Eastbourne Bombing in WW2
by Harry Pope 11,475 houses in Eastbourne during WW2 had some kind of damage from German bombing. This is from a town that had a population in 1939 of...
Build Your Own American-Deli Style Sandwich
I’m really proud of this. It’s absolutely delicious, & suitable for everyone, either friends or family. The Americans are more adventurous than we Brits at mixing their ingredients &...
Massenez’s eau-de-vie and liqueurs, trendier than ever – Meanderings through France n° 223
By Annick Dournes & Frédéric de Poligny Since 1870 Massenez is the gold standard in the world of spirits and liqueurs. For 150 years and through four...
Malta Diary Memories of boyhood fishing days – another pleasure lost to today’s young generation?
ALBERT FENECH e/mail – Facebook: The sea is never far away in Malta and Gozo and is very much part of the DNA of its...
Welsh Witterings: Welsh Government Dictates What is Non-Essential
On Friday 24th October at 6:00pm supermarkets throughout Wales were busy, but not busy with customers, they were busy with their staff plastic wrapping the shelves and cordoning off...