August, 1235, Hunan Province, China. A man’s body is discovered in a rice field hacked to…
Category: Further Afield
Spooky Knowlton Church and Earthworks, Dorset
By Lyn Funnell While we were on holiday in Poole, we were recommended to pay a…
Costa Rica: Why a Long-Haul Holiday Should Begin Slowly
There is a particular kind of excitement that arrives when a holiday takes you far beyond…
The Village of Witches. Burley, the New Forest
By Lyn Funnell You notice that the village of Burley in the New Forest is strangely…
Taxi Noir: Over the Sea to St Malo
Our summer holiday continued with a ferry crossing from Guernsey to the French port of St…
Home grown antibiotic. Nasturtium flowers
I know some of you will identify with a bladder infection keeping you up all night.…
Ranjit Recommends: Cheers for Cabaret
The Phoenix Arts Club in Soho, London was the venue for Cheers for Cabaret. Founded in…
Ma Non Non Napoleon! The French have Never Forgiven nor Forgotten
The French have never quite forgiven Maltese “indiscretion” even though over 225 years have passed and…
Rome’s Capuchin Crypt: A Little-Known & Unusual Tourist Attraction
When planning a visit to Rome, most of us have a familiar list of places we…
When Politics & Football Merged & Mixed in Malta, Today, thankfully, no longer
In 2014, forthcoming elections for the European Parliament in the Maltese Islands kicked off with the…