GREAT MOTORCYCLE JOURNEYS OF THE WORLD by Colette Coleman
There’s something about motorcycles and the lure of freedom and the open road that they promise. This book features journeys from the snowy passes of Patagonia to Australia’s Red Centre.
Carol singers
CAROLS WERE first sung in Europe thousands of years ago but then they were pagan songs sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations, as people danced around stone circles. The word
Have a merry Feliz Natal Christmas
By DAISY SAMPSON THERE ARE many cultural differences between the Brits and the Portuguese and often these are to be embraced, however, Christmas is sacred and cold salty fish does
SACRED PLACES OF A LIFETIME published by National Geographic
This beautiful book showcases the world’s most sacred spots, including pilgrimage routes, temples, mountains, churches and holy places. The history and lore of each site is described in detail, along
Delectable autumn delights
By ELOISE WALTON
Blindness
One woman is left with the gift of sight after the entire population of her city is afflicted by a blindness epidemic. Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities
Book review
SOME SUGGESTIONS for Christmas presents that will make you very popular on Christmas Day! THE BIBENDUM COOKBOOK by Terence Conran is out in hardcover at 35 euros. Housed in the
Brideshead Revisited
Historic wartime film based on the memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder. The film shows Ryder’s life while he was stationed at Brideshead Castle during World War II and remembers his
Righteous Kill
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino team up to star in this criminal thriller as two ageing NYPD detectives who are faced with a serial killer who is murdering sociopathic