Milan is on the New York Times list of 41 places to go to in 2011. This is a piece I wrote after a visit there in 2009. ( I include a resume of the New York Times article, “A reborn cathedral joins fashion-forward galleries and hotels” below) On our visit we stayed in the… Continue reading
World's second Nissan Leaf driver untroubled by range
Social media will ensure that we know more (and sooner) about electric cars, and how they are driving, then any vehicle in history. As owners feed real experience to the world through Facebook and Twitter, manufacturers will be able to build up a far more complete picture of consumer response than any market-research firm could… Continue reading →
Montreal – baguettes with skyscrapers
There’s nowhere in North America quite like Montréal, the second largest French-speaking city in the world after Paris. Thinks baguettes with skyscrapers. The writer visited Canada’s bilingual big city, where the standard greeting is ”Bonjour-Hi”, and give six good reasons to make a long winter weekend of it, including endless cosy underground shopping, the hotel fit for… Continue reading →
Red carpet city of the stars on the French Riviera
“This short cigar belongs to a man with no name. This long gun belongs to a man with no name. This poncho belongs to a man with no name.” Introduced in this way in Fred Otne’s totemic poster, it was almost the film with no name. A Fistful of Dollars, starring Clint Eastwood, soon cast off its… Continue reading →
How sustainable is your restaurant’s fish dish?
How much should you care about where the fish you are served in a restaurant comes from? And how much do you find out about this from the menu, the serving staff and the restaurants website? The answer to the first question is: a lot. And to the second: not much at all. When… Continue reading →
Twitter to be indispensable to businesses in 2011?
Analysts are predicting that 2011 could be the year when businesses begin to derive real benefit from Twitter and other social media. There are some intriguing early successes in the environmental field. The electric car with the biggest public profile is the Nissan Leaf, launched in the US in December, 2010, and in the UK … Continue reading →