Pop quiz, ladies and gentlemen: Who can tell me what the following list of items have in common: Xiri, Catawba, Manx, Coeur d’Alene, Gamilaraay, Chamacoco, Faetar, and Occitan? If you said they were the names of all Brangelina’s children in order of age, you’d be… pretty amusing but… WRONG. But if you said that they are all endangered languages you’d be 100% correct.
Click here for a full portionMy London 2012 Olympic weekend (and a punch recipe!)
For weeks now, there’s been something in the air here in London (and no, before you ask, I am not referring to clouds or rain!). There’s been a tangible air of excitement, tinged with annoyance and lightly sprinkled with apprehension. Every morning, there were more Olympic buses commuting along the Royal Docks towards the […]
Click here for a full portionThe Global Feast @ Stratford Old Town Hall
It I were to tell you that I dined off the coast of India last Saturday night, you’d probably be thinking: “What?? She’s travelling AGAIN?!”. But you’d be wrong. In fact, I had to travel no further east than Stratford (a.k.a. Oympics Central!) to enjoy my dinner at The Global Feast, a new dining experience scheduled […]
Click here for a full portionSaturday Snapshots #205
Inside the Olympic velodrome – February 2012
Click here for a full portionVisiting the Vaucluse: Coustellet market
It is a fact that some parts of this little planet of ours just seem easier to love than others, and on the list of places to love the south of France must rank pretty much up there with the best. To be fair, what’s not to like? The blue waters of the Mediterranean; […]
Click here for a full portionCream of asparagus soup
Last week, a friend’s son whom I have watched growing up from gangly young teenager to positively delightful, kind, clever,funny young man, commented on one of my Facebook timeline. I immediately noticed that he had changed his username to include some rather unusual middle names: Ponyboy Curtis – a name I have not read […]
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