Posts in category Curiosities

Despite all the doubts, pessimism and critique that the London 2012 Olympics received in the build up to the games, it seems that in the …

As a Mum, University student and Chief toilet scrubber extraodinaire, sunning myself in the Maldives and shopping at designer stores are just distant dreams of …

Traveling broadens the mind, opens the eyes to new experiences and introduces the traveler new ways of life. Well, that’s what they say. But more …

Another one of my idiosyncratic obsessions is Russia. My attention and interest are simply drawn there. The more I learn of it, the more I …

Like many London dwellers, I was partially dreading the Olympics. I am not a particularly negative person, but I couldn’t help but think that the …

You’re eighth, you’ve just lost miserably at the egg and spoon race and begin to cry. It’s humiliating, devastating and just not fair – and …

While England has some pretty phenomenal festivals, why not look across the North Sea for some refreshingly different festivals? Amsterdam has plenty, and most of …

Eleven editions of surf, beer, music and friends. Eleven editions of a lively atmosphere that surrounds this coast town in the north of Spain called …

Modern European cuisine with Scandinavian influences. I had to go. Opened in 2007 by Icelander Agnar Sverisson and Xavier Rousset, Texture received its Michelin star …

Whilst watching Formula 1 over the past year or so you may have heard the commentators mentioning a relatively new system called DRS. Confused? DRS …