I picked up my photos today and it’s been really exciting going through them all. It counts as work too since I have to choose the best ones and upload them to the server of the magazine I am writing for.
Here is one, just to prove that I saw polar bears! This was a [...]

It might have been difficult to get there but Cornwall was more than worth the effort. We were blessed with beautiful sunshine all weekend - it was probably only about 20C in the shade but lovely and warm in the sun - and the countryside is stunning. We even went for a swim on Sunday, [...]

I am writing this on the train to Cornwall, where I am planning to spend the bank holiday weekend with my boyfriend and two friends of ours, Matt and Leah. (We went to Bruges with them earlier this year). I’m looking forward to the weekend but the train journey is a bit of a ‘mare. [...]

Last night I went to see Market Boy, a new play set in 1980s Britain, at the National Theatre. I was a guest of Royal Mail, who were presumably treating me because of my status as a media journalist rather than disgruntled customer. (The connection is that Royal Mail is an important partner both for [...]

It was not until the second half of the book when the Joad family were in California and on the heartbreaking quest for work and a decent living that this book really started to move me. The first half was enjoyable enough and there was much in the writing to admire but it felt more [...]

I released this on 20 July 2006 in the dining car of the London to Glasgow train. I actually saw it get picked up and I received this journal entry today:
Journal entry 3 from Anonymous Finder from n/a, n/a n/a on Friday, August 18, 2006
My daughter passed the book on to me, and I [...]

Before I went away, I signed up to do the Maggie’s Metro Life Hike in September with my boyfriend, my friend Tash and another friend.
On 15 September we will be joining hundreds - possibly thousands - of other Londoners to hike around the Circle Line (17 miles) by night. The idea is to raise money [...]

Go to Wikipedia and search on your birthday (excluding the year), then list three events, two births and one death by year.
On 2 June throughout history:
Events455 - The Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks.1800 - First smallpox vaccination in North America, at Trinity, Newfoundland.1999 - The Bhutan Broadcasting Service finally brings [...]

Yesterday, after walking the castle ramparts and visiting the statue of the Little Mermaid with her throngs of admirers, I went to check out the Free City of Christiania. Squatters moved into former army barracks in 1971 and declared it a free city, independent from control by Copenhagen or Denmark. The government eventually decided to [...]

Norway is very beautiful but I was glad to leave when I did as it’s also very expensive, especially for food. It costs $US5 for a Snickers bar!
I had a brilliant time in the fjord district. I stayed the first day in Voss as I was mentally tired and didn’t want to venture too far [...]