No matter which way you drive into the city, the first thing you’ll see coming over the horizon is a sign bearing the legendary ‘Welcome to Norwich, A Fine City’ –an understatement by any stretch of the imagination. Norwich has something to offer every type of tourist and visitor; it’s […]

In 2011, there were approximately 30.6 million visitors into London, who each spent an average of £584*. It’s evident that London is a hotspot for tourists, but how welcoming are we as Londoners? After a recent trip to Brazil, it became apparent to me that maybe we in London look at tourists as […]

July 14th 2012- Today the Olympic torch passes through York; a place seemingly too small to be granted the honour but apparently a place with enough charisma to earn itself the privilege anyway. It’s 3pm and the main route, a long stretch of road running from the A64 straight into the heart of […]

  A day cannot be bad when you’re woken up with Franz Ferdinand’s Ulysses in full swing at half nine in the morning. This accidental alarm clock makes the few days camping in Zagreb’s scorching heat all worthwhile. It is the seventh year of the INmusic Festival held at lake Jarun on the […]

Toronto is the capital of the province of Ontario as well as the financial, entertainment and cultural capital of Canada. Bigger than the country’s capital Ottowa, it boasts millions of visitors annually, the largest downtown shopping centre in North America, it hosted the first legal same-sex marriage and has the largest […]

LONDON – With less than four weeks to go before the London 2012 Olympic Games commence, organisers, gambling businesses and sports federations are stepping up efforts to stem match fixing and suspicious betting patterns ahead of the Olympic Games, which kick off on 27 July in East London. James Cook, […]

You’re waiting at the train station, the anticipation that’s been building for the past few weeks pumping feverously around your body as you stand there eagerly, peering down the track wondering why it can’t be here already. The last few seconds of a wait that has been weeks on end, […]

Those of us who have always lived in the town fall into a number of camps when it comes to the prospect of living in the countryside. Camp one hates the idea; where are all the shops? Camp two likes the idea, but after a bit of consideration appreciates it […]