Colombia: South America’s most up and coming destination (part two)

Anna Maria Espsäter continues her exploration of Colombia, looking at the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, salsa capital Cali and the south, followed by the Colombian Amazon

Bulgaria ancient treasures, current events and great value

Anthony reports on Bulgaria and an extraordinary memorial garden created by a Queen for herself and meets up with two famous footballers…

Consumer Council (Northern Ireland)

From the website:

“The Consumer Council represents consumers and gives them a voice. We ensure that the policy makers in Northern Ireland hear that voice and take it into account when they are making decisions that affect us all.”

If I Had £113 Million

Almost the standard question quiz or lottery winners get asked is what they would do with the money. And the usual answer is that they would take a holiday. But what sort of holiday can you take if you were the lucky British winner of the £113 million Eurolottery draw that was held on Friday night?
As of writing the person or syndicate hasn’t come forward. Maybe they are still in shock. Maybe they are still unaware that it’s them. The only thing I am sure of is that it isn’t me. Nor my wife (although she was looking at handbags on the internet last night).

Want to see the Olympics? There’s still space!

Nearly two thirds of hotels in London, still have rooms available during the period of the Olympic games

Laurel and Hardy in Co. Durham

We all like a wry laugh when things don’t go to plan. I’m the same and it was amusing when I saw the BBC story about County Durham which said that the county’s tourist office had printed 50,000 leaflets all saying that Stan Laurel was born in the county. (It didn’t claim Oliver Hardy was [...]

Remembrance Sunday in the year of 11.11.11

As Remembrance Sunday approaches, Anthony Lydekker looks at what’s going on across the country and reflects on this annual tradition