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A Tale of Two Cities
Today I am super excited as tomorrow I’m visiting Nottingham, my adopted home. I am going to a friend’s birthday celebration tomorrow evening and then going with my friends to the pantomime on Sunday (haven’t been for 20 years). Of course, we will take the opportunity to do festive things such as visiting the Winter Wonderland. Visiting different places was one of the things that I spent a lot of this summer doing. The opening line of Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” is a line that could also sum up my summer as I was able to do…
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Sunday Photo
Birmingham Christmas market
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Sunday Photo
City of Bristol
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The Guardian
I’m a bit late in sharing this but in April a piece I wrote about my brother’s death and parent’s 30th wedding anniversary got published in The Guardian. I’m really pleased to have shared this tribute with people. Read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/apr/01/family-life-parents-wedding-donald-wheres-your-troosers-andy-stewart-lentils
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Sunday Photo
Split, Croatia
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Monday Funday
One of the best meals I have had in recent times…venison schnitzel and thrice cooked chips. You can’t beat thrice-cooked chips! The Forresters Arms, St Albans
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Surviving Glastonbury (or any other festival)
AKA How I learned to stop worrying and love the long- drops So last week I came back from Glastonbury festival. You don’t need me to tell you that Glastonbury is the greatest place on earth (although it is). For anyone who hasn’t been, it is super hard to explain what is amazing about it. It’s like a city with different districts, the best nightlife and a daytime world that constantly keeps you stimulated. When I went the first time in 2014, even though I enjoyed it, I was pleased to come home, mainly as I relished the opportunity of sleeping in a proper bed. However, this time I actually got hardcore…
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48 Hours in Savannah
I came across this article I wrote for Vagabundo magazine a few years ago, about Savannah, Georgia and thought I’d share it here. Savannah is a quirky, offbeat place which should be on anyone’s list of places to visit in the deep south of America: http://www.vagabundomagazine.com/48-hours-in-savannah/
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What’s so super about Superfoods?
“Superfood” is a marketing term used to describe foods which are laden with nutrients and are packed full of antioxidants, polyphenols, vitamins and minerals. They offer certain benefits, such as prolonging life and promoting health and pack a punch as far as well-being is concerned. Here we have outlined particular superfoods and what causes them to be considered a superfood. Green tea Okay, so technically green tea isn’t a food, however, it has such a fantastic amount of benefits, it had to be included in this list. In the Far East, green tea has been used for centuries as a treatment for a variety of conditions, ranging from arthritis to…
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Sunday Photo
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
