A [Sept 2013] poll named Zurich the best city in the world to live in. It’s good for tourists, too. The city makes visiting especially easy, with an extensive tram system and entry to museums and galleries all on the one ticket. Gareth found this friendly city on its namesake lake the perfect choice for… Continue reading
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Beach of promise – turtles at Dalyan
Spectrum: Beach of promise Source: The Times (London, England). (Nov. 25, 1987) GARETH HUW DAVIES Under the jet black Turkish night the last of the season’s loggerhead turtle hatchlings have straddled off Dalyan Beach, past the tireless pickets of Shore Crabs and hyenas, to the sea. The continuing struggle for survival by one of… Continue reading →
3 am in an outpost of Paradise, turtles in life-and-death race to the sea
It’s 3 am in an outpost of Paradise, a wide, flat beach on Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. Under the cool, cream glow of the full moon, I am a spectator at a race for life. At my feet, breaststroking along on tiny flippers over the hard sand at two yards a minute, is a survivor from… Continue reading →
Following Jane Austen through the Peak Park – to Mr Darcy’s country seat
Jane Austen’s most popular novel, and, many might argue, the most perfect novel in the English language, Pride and Prejudice, was first published 200 years ago, on January 28th, 1813. I wrote the following, after a recent visit to Derbyshire. ———— We are in deepest Derbyshire, climbing a steep rutted track lined with ancient trees. A dunnock… Continue reading →
Les Miserables is Guernsey’s reason to be cheerful
I’m standing in the room where the greatest French 19th Century author scaled the summits of romantic writing and brought us back the book on which was based one of the greatest musicals of the 20th century, Les Miserables. And now there’s fresh acclaim for the author, with the release of the film of the… Continue reading →
Vienna – year round celebration in music capital of the world
Vienna celebrates 2013 with its traditional elegant starburst, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s Concert, broadcasted to the world from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein. Still think you can get tickets? In your dreams. The way to share in this glorious concert, based around the waltzes of the Strauss family, is live on a big screen… Continue reading →