Set high up on a hill, Carcassonne’s ancient walled city is Disneyworld-perfect. This fairytale collection of drawbridges, towers and atmospheric cobbled streets was reputedly the inspiration for Walt Disney’s The Sleeping Beauty, and it’s a must-see on any trip through this part of southern France. Its medieval core, the cité, […]

Imagine a world without smartphones. It wasn’t so long ago, in fact only 20 years, that they were just a figment of a genius imagination, but now we’re seemingly unable to live without them. But the question I want to put to you fine people is…are smartphones making us….well…dumb? This fine […]

When I graduated from University last year, I really thought that the hard part was over. I thought that I could literally waltz my way into a great career and live happily ever after. I mean, I knew I was intelligent and generally fantastic so surely it was only a […]

There is great debate, as is fashionable, over our climate and the perhaps irreparable damage we, as the gatekeepers of this amazing planet are causing. In these times of carbon fuel fixation there is one great factor that is overlooked by everyday people going about their everyday business. The factor known simply […]

Who would have predicted that with just two games left to go in the Premier League season Newcastle would be vying for a Champions League place, Liverpool would be struggling in mid-table mediocrity and Aston Villa would be fighting for survival? It has been an incredible season, and, with just […]

I really should have known that canoeing down a river through rapids and eddies wasn’t going to be a doddle. Especially down the Whanganui River (North Island, New Zealand), and when my only company for the next three days was to be a bunch of Kiwis, a few ducks, goats and the […]

In a managerial appointment that has surprised, bewildered and confounded in equal measure, the English Football Association has decided to appoint Roy Hodgson as the successor to Fabio Capello as manager of the England men’s senior football team. In a press conference called at Wembley on Tuesday 1st May, the […]

The annual music festival held in England, V Festival, sponsored by Virgin Media, is back this summer for its seventeenth year with legendary rock icons to perform on stage. The Mancunian band, the Stone Roses, are to headline on Saturday August 18th at Hylands Park, Chemsford, and Sunday August 19th […]