Visiting Salzburg
It was Christmas Day, 1988, when I first watched The Sound of Music. I was four years old. I saw the stunning vistas, the gorgeous […]
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Back in Time Special: June 1952
Within around thirty seconds of beginning my research for this post, I had made a couple of surprising discoveries. Firstly, it was on February 8th […]
Sing and Sign
Over the course of her 18 month life, my daughter and I have tried out approximately one billion classes. As a stay-at-home mother with a […]
Happy Birthday, Nintendo GameCube!
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube’s European release. As a proud Nintendo fangirl who looks for any excuse to blither on […]
Back in Time: April 1912
Thanks to a whole load of confusion on my part (so what else is new?), Back in Time is a week late. I realise everyone […]
Visiting Tokyo
A little quiz: name three tourist attractions in Tokyo. Struggling? You might have the Tokyo Tower. You might be able to picture the Shibuya Crossing, but […]
Tennis 2012: January to March
“Check back in a few weeks, when I’ll be updating you on the season so far. Admittedly, it might just end up being one long […]
Book Review: My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You, by Louisa Young
Set during World War I, ‘My Dear, I Wanted To Tell You has garnered the typical comparisons to the likes of ‘Birdsong’ and the ‘Regeneration’ trilogy, […]
A Professional Wrestling Fan Fights Back
I was scrolling through my Twitter timeline the other day, when a tweet from Daily Waffle head honcho Peter caught my eye. You’ll have to […]
Back in Time: March 1912
A trail of destruction left throughout London, including smashed windows at 10 Downing Street. A raid on the House of Commons. Dozens arrested… …Bet you […]
Visiting Slovenia: Why I fell in love with it in four days
Slovenia: Two million people. Just under 8000 square miles, 60% of which is forested. Bordered by Austria, Italy, Hungary and Croatia. Fairly typical Central European […]
Book Review: ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows
I had this book in my library pile for a long time, and for whatever reason, I tended to skip past it whenever I was […]
Top Tips: Travelling with an Infant
Having an infant is hard work. First, there’s the nine months of pregnancy, followed by labour. Then you have the weeks, often months, of sleepless […]