❤ A special trip for future honeymooners? ❤
Travelling to Mars is now only “a minor future challenge”
Category: CULTURE & LIFESTYLE
Pride of place at Chartwell
The current Prime Minister apparently models himself on Churchill. In turn, Churchill’s admiration for Napoleon was not as unusual as it now appears.
Changes in property taxes for UK owners: (2) Spain
Changes to tax for Brits who own property in Spain
His last novel: Agent Running in the Field
John le Carre defined the spy novel genre and moulded much of our emotional response to the Cold War, he also spanned the living memory of an entire country
❤ Digital dating in the pandemic age ❤
As work and education have transitioned online so has the dating world. In a time when being physically close to someone is dangerous, video call dates are the norm.
Kippers – the story of the Kentish Independence Party
The story of the Kentish Independence Party (a review of Kippers by Fred Atkins)
A pat on the dragon’s head – one of the secrets of Romney Marsh
St George in full regalia is shown gently patting the dragon on the head presumably advising that in contemporary times issues are settled by negotiation
Is today’s book publishing industry failing its writers?
It’s also time for the industry to cease its arrogant and snobbish attitude towards subsidy publishing, where authors contribute towards the cost of printing a book.
Patients go bananas over lack of apples
Lack of vegan options and apples could be bad for health for hospital patients, yet is easily solvable
Railway links to Europe: monument to a lost cause?
in not building a network of local links around the Eurostar services, the UK has missed an opportunity to integrate better with mainland Europe.
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