Can Snowfall White out and do over the first week of 2017?

Turkey almost came to a standstill on Friday night when the snowstorm which had been forecast for a week finally arrived. On what was meant to be my last evening home, we were glued to…

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It’s #WorldHelloDay, the Best Time to Remember the World’s Most Famous Hellos

As always, it is Twitter that tells me it is #WorldHelloDay today – ooooh hello there, did you even have an idea. And while upon hearing ‘Hello!’ most of us are likely to break into…

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Why Tuesday – for me – is the New Friday, all thanks to Great TV

Weird, right? Tuesday, for me, is the new Friday. You may be wondering why – after all it’s not exactly Thursday, accepted by many to be the new end of the working week and the best…

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This is London: A Journey through the Hidden City within the City

This is London indeed. The very London, from the grubby back streets of Bethnal Green to the Insta-famous landscaped pavements of Chelsea and Mayfair to the Manor House main streets ever-lit with with neon signs of 24-hour…

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A Decent Human Reaction to Donald Trump’s Vulgarity

If you haven’t been living under a rock, by now you would have heard the 2005 “Access Hollywood” video of Republican presidential candidate making lewd remarks about women that was disclosed last week. So much has…

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