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World Gin Day Distillery Tours
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The Creek Cocktail and The Creek Truffle launch
Melange and Cato Creek Collab Melange Chocolate Shop & Café in Peckham are working with Virginia based Catoctin Creek Distilling Company and have created The …
AF2021 opens tonight
Online and Offline AF2021 The Architecture Fringe 2021 opens tonight with a live broadcast from SWG3 in Glasgow. The online and offline event will have …
Morwenstow Church, Cliff & Tearoom, Cornwall
A cream tea and stunning views in Cornwall Morwenstow is about six miles north of Bude and within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty …
Foraging and Foraged Wild Garlic Pesto Recipe
Foraging for fun The weather is getting better and it looks like Spring has sprung so what better a time to get out and forage. …
10th Anniversary of Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
Ten years on from Japan’s worst natural disaster 11th March 2021 marked the 10th anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. It doesn’t seem like …
Holiday Inn, Sarajevo
The most famous hotel in Bosnia Reading “In harm’s way” by Martin Bell reminded me of our Balkan holiday in 2010. Sarajevo was one of …
World War Two Sites in Berlin
World War Two Sites in Berlin It seems that no other city has had a roller coaster-like Berlin. Each street seems to hold another piece …
Herculaneum – Everything you need to know
How to visit and what to see in Herculaneum Visiting Herculaneum is a rewarding trip, mainly due to being a smaller size than Pompeii and …
Filming locations for The Queen’s Gambit
Where was The Queen’s Gambit filmed? Netflix has grabbed audiences with The Queen’s Gambit, which is an adaptation of Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel of …
Happy 50th Birthday Kingston Bridge!
Kingston Bridge awarded Category C listing status Glasgow’s Kingston Bridge has been recognised with listing status at Category C for its special architectural and historic …
Walking the Causeway Coast in County Antrim
Giant’s Causeway clifftop experience There’s a lot more to the area around Northern Ireland’s only UNESCO world heritage site, the Giant’s Causeway than the small …
Top 10 must sees in Belfast
Top ten places to go in Belfast Belfast is an astounding city with an interesting history, great architecture and friendly people. Here are 10 of …
Glasgow is open
How to be a tourist at home in Glasgow Glasgow is open! There’s no better time than now to rediscover your own city. So with …
Charles Rennie Mackintosh : House for an Art Lover
An excellent day out, fit for an art lover Bellahouston Park Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park has lots on offer. It’s a great place to take a …
Travel : Pollokshaws Trail
A walk around the Shaws Pollokshaws is located in the South of Glasgow, about three miles from the city centre. It has a long history …
David Černý in Prague
Where to find the work of David Černý David Černý is the Czech Republic’s most notorious sculptor and artist. Here is a brief guide …
5 *genuine* reasons to visit Durham
Thinking of cumming to Durham? There’s more to Durham than just being a bolthole for Dominic Cummings, so here are 5 actual reasons to visit …
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Oranienburg, Berlin
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp near Berlin Visiting anywhere in Europe brings you near to remains of World War Two. In Germany, these sites are generally named “Gedenksätte” …
Travel: Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Achtung Charlie Checkpoint Charlie is surely the best-known crossing point between East and West Berlin. But is it worth visiting? History The name comes from …
Travel: The Spree Tunnel, Berlin
Walking under the river in Berlin (pub crawl optional) Many cities have pedestrian tunnels under their main rivers, like our home town of Glasgow, London …
German Russian Museum, Berlin
See the end of World War II The German-Russian Museum Berlin-Karlshorst is a museum dedicated to German-Soviet relations with a focus on the German-Soviet war 1941-1945. …
Travel: The Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears)
Tearful partings at former East-West Berlin crossing point The Tränenpalast (Palace of Tears) is a former border crossing point between East and West Berlin and …
Travel: Pallasstrasse Bunker and Pallasseum, Berlin
The unusual architecture of the Social Palace Pallasstrasse bunker in Schöneberg in southern Berlin is a former air-raid shelter built in 1943 by forced labourers. …