About a month ago I had to start thinking about what to buy my sister for her birthday. Past decisions have not proved particularly successful as I have tended to throw money at the problem …

Sometimes its difficult to know what to do to amuse children at the weekends, particularly considering most of the stuff they seem to want to do involves consuming vast amounts of sweets or burgers or …

Who’s your favourite comedian? Odd question isn’t it and if you think about it, probably a rather tough one to answer. Even though there’s lots of funny actors out there, they don’t really write their …

One of the places I first visited when I arrived in London was the Camden Barfly. I had been coming to London for years from my country-based outpost, hanging around the stalls in Camden market …

In my experience, Thai food varies a lot in London and it’s not often you’d find yourself in the position of feeling justified shelling out over £10 for a bowl of noodle soup. As something …

I’m not a great one for wildlife. I’d always assumed I’d rather watch ten episodes of Star Trek in a row than sit down in front of a wildlife documentary and the thought of going …

Halloween is the time for every freakish story and ghoulish tale to make its way out into the mainstream mindset in a way that would not be tolerated on any other day. Suddenly because it’s …

Halloween is mostly definitely a time for children (and greeting cards companies) as it involves all the key elements of a child’s ultimate day out – dressing up, behaving like a monster and getting people …