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Postcard from…. Bondi 2022 Episode 1
We’ve been in Bondi for just over a week. We’ve a lot to share, more than can be put into a brief WhatsApp message, so we thought I’d draft a ‘Postcard from…’ to include it all. So, where to start? At the beginning, I guess… We arrived into Melbourne after a long...
Postcard from…. The Queens Hotel, Cheltenham
I’ve not stayed at The Queens for over 35 years so with lockdown restrictions easing we decided to spend a couple of midweek nights in the regency town again, reliving a few early career and romantic memories. As a young IT professional based in London’s West...
Postcard from….a winter visit to Devon and Cornwall
We took a short pre-Christmas break to Devon and Cornwall this week, staying at a lovely country hotel in the village of Lifton, arriving in weak winter sunshine. We had booked the dogs in too, a dog-friendly fishing hotel although, at this time of year, I wouldn’t...
Grandpa’s custard
Paula has spent many happy and frustrating hours researching and documenting our family tree this past year. I’ve looked over her shoulder at times and thought that whilst one learns the names of past family members, the dates they were born, married and died,...
Dr. Richard Shepherd, ‘Unnatural Causes’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The life and many deaths of Britain’s top forensic pathologist This is the extraordinary, honest, very human, fascinating, gruesome, real-life, macabre and compelling autobiography of Dr. Richard Shepherd, a name most of us wouldn’t recognise. Very well written, it...
EU parliament votes against improving search and rescue for refugees in Mediterranean
Migrants helped by rescuers arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey (AFP/Getty) Here’s an article from The Independent that caught my eye recently: Quote: EU parliament votes against improving search and rescue for refugees...
Postcard from….the European Parliament
Just a couple hours driving will get us to our overnight stop in Nancy tonight so we’ve plenty of time to visit the European Parliament building just outside Strasbourg before we set off. As it’s Saturday we didn’t expect it to be open but in fact it is so we join a...
Postcard from….Strasbourg
Wow! Another lovely new European city find just a few weeks on from our last one! One of three de facto capitals of the European Union, Strasbourg is located near the border with Germany in the pretty Alsace region. It’s home to several European institutions including...
