A Rath Cart for Cambridge

There’s a first time for everything, and the long-standing and leafy city of Cambridge has, in its time, witnessed many firsts. Not least in introducing new ways of transporting people around its historic thoroughfares filled with fascinating architecture and perennially laced with beautiful greenery. How marvellous it was when game-changing modern railway systems reached Cambridge…

We Do Like Bhakti By The Seaside

Just as the catchy old music hall song says: “We do like to be beside the seaside”. It’s an exuberant and melodic statement that still holds true. So what is it about unlimited water spread endlessly beneath boundless skies that never fails to enthral us? Any why has nature’s simple but effective depiction of silvery-blue…

A Matter of Perspective (Just Singing in The Rain)

Many things in life are a matter of perspective. Not least in the UK’s first city, where all aspects of human existence constantly interplay. A resident (or visiting) Londoner’s mission of the day might well be a cutting-edge artistic, culturally historic, or dynamically social one. Realistically, however, there is likely to be a pressing work…

From Krishna’s Castle to Trafalgar Square – A Food Love Story

Holborn is a strange place to build a castle. Not only that, but I can’t seem to find it. Surely Krishna’s Castle must be here somewhere, because, not only does this fantastic Food Fort commendably provide 1,500 free meals a day to those in need, but it (most importantly) has an official London postcode and…

A Room with a View

Any guest staying at the Sheraton Grand Park Lane Hotel on London Piccadilly who was not only fortunate enough to be ensconced in a main-road facing room, but just so happened to be casually gazing out of the window this Sunday lunchtime, might well have witnessed the famous thoroughfare being brought to near-standstill – in…