This clean, green city on Sweden’s western shore (Goteborg in Swedish) is a comfortable introduction to Scandinavia. I took a short break and made a list of things to see and do. There are canals not so unlike Amsterdam’s, monster cinnamon buns, the world’s most exciting young orchestra conductor, bags of Swedish style, and taxi… Continue reading
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Nottingham – Ashes venue – scores all round the touristic wicket
Nottingham is the next stop in this big summer of sport. The Ashes cricket test match series, England against Australia, begins there on Wednesday, June 10, at the famous old ground by the River Trent. I made a fresh visit to an old haunt and found a Nottingham offering so much more – besides… Continue reading →
Croatia looks for a tourism pay-off as it joins EU
I saw my first prosthetic foot in Split in Croatia. It was towards the end of the 1990s, and the shocking, merciless Balkans war was only recently over. Young men in shorts, not attempting to hide their disability, leaned their crutches against open air cafe tables, and tried to return to normal. There was no… Continue reading →
Prince of Wales celebrates namesake pub – showing the way to ‘local’s’ survival
They been playing a slow and mournful lament for the British pub over the past 10 or 20 years. Most of us who support and applaud this wonderful institution, the local, have a sad story of decline and closure. In (and within walking distance of) my village alone three old pubs are gone for good… Continue reading →
Statue of Liberty – the French Connection
There are two ways to gaze into the eyes of the Statue of Liberty. 1. Hire a helicopter and hope you get close enough to the face of the 151 foot (46m) high statue before twitchy New York security hauls – or shoots – you out of the sky. 2. Visit a museum in the… Continue reading →
London’s newest champagne bar opens at Andaz Liverpool Street
Imagine. It is 1937. The Hook Continental is leaving shortly from London’s Liverpool Street station for Harwich, to connect to the night ferry to the Hook of Holland and the ongoing train deep into the heart of a dark, anxious Continent. In the Great Eastern Hotel, next to the station, a couple stand at the… Continue reading →