For years, this greyish dome claimed the record of Europe’s highest stargazing site, in the days before the Hubble Space Telescope made mountain peaks the grandads of astronomy.
Formerly a no-go area, street artists with vision have covered doorways and walls with innovative colourful work…
Place du Capitole, or Place Cap to the locals, is the beating heart of Toulouse and…
This week I’ll be attending an Advanced Life Support course, to keep my qualifications up to date. We’ll get to resuscitate plastic dolls, wave those electric paddles around in the air
A tiny street squeezes around the edge of Fermat’s Lycée and onto Les Jacobins – a rather forlorn, unimpressive pathway for such a grandiose monument.
Our gang of plastic hoodies reassembles and we look up at the sky. Gritty clouds scrape over one another but the air stays dry.
A visit to England’s oldest National Park had me reflecting on bravery, sacrifice, and the need for waterproof trousers.
Water takes no prisoners in the Peak District.
Over the years, I’ve travelled by coach, plane and train to reach the City of Lights. I even hitch-hiked once. Each time I arrive, I remember why I keep coming. It’s for views like this – and the onion soup, of course
-The Etiquette for Leaving a Party No matter how informal the get together, no matter how young (ahem) you are, you must say goodbye to everyone. That means touring the room and kissing each partygoer on at least both cheeks. To do otherwise invites accusations of filer à l’anglaise. This translates to leaving like an [...]
Even geniuses get frustrated by administrative problems…
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