Yes, you read correctly – the title did say 2013 and it’s not a typo. This is the reason why I teach writing and photography courses, not time management courses, or “How To Stop Procrastinating” courses. But moving rapidly along… Meeta and I had been teaching photography and writing respectively for a while together on Plate […]
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The road less travelled – in the Prosecco DOCG vineyards near Valdobbiadene, Italy – May 2014
Click here for a full portionSmoked mackerel, beetroot and potato salad
Like most weeks, last week saw many famous birthdays. Iggy Pop, the super-impressive and seemingly indestructible (despite his best efforts!) grandfather of punk turned 67. Queen Elizabeth II of England turned 88 (although her birthday is only officially celebrated in June). Crispin Glover who played a fresh-faced George McFly in Back to the Future turned […]
Click here for a full portionA taste of Lund, Sweden
“Wow”, said Nick as we surveyed the scene outside the train station, “they sure like their bicycles!”. And he was not exaggerating: the kind of space you normally see devoted to cars is the amount of parking space dedicated to bicycles in Lund, a university town near Malmö in southern Sweden. Like all the best […]
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Emirates Air Line cable car across the Thames – London, March 2013
Click here for a full portionDutch split pea soup (erwtensoep or snert)
Slang. It’s a term we use every day without really thinking of its precise meaning. For instance, could you provide a coherent explanation of the difference between slang, jargon and colloquial speech? Without a brief trip to our mutual friend Google? If you put together various dictionary definitions of slang, you would come up with something […]
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