I love me a good museum! It doesn’t matter if it is science, history, natural history or even sex. I am happy to spend countless hours wandering between the exhibits, learning something new and seeing something remarkable. One of my favourite museums has to be the ‘Topkapi Palace’ in Istanbul which houses an extensive…
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When I was back in senior school, around the age of 13 or 14 we were given Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ as one of the books to study for our GCSE exams. It came with a relatively plain book cover; bright orange with black writing, no picture or design. Simple, yet it…
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Mythology tells the tale of The Riddle of the Sphinx. Before I go any further on that, let me just advise for those in not in the know, I am not talking about the huge sandstone ‘lion’ guarding the Pyramids of Giza. This was instead, a Greek Sphinx who had the upper body of…
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Quite a while ago, prior to COVID, I wrote a post about going to see a well loved local DJ at the theatre. Bernie Keith has a daily show on Radio Northampton which has a loyal following of young and old listeners, alike. He was going to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and…
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Day two in Geneva started as a very warm, sunny Saturday. If you missed part one, you can read it all here. The temperature for Geneva was actually due to be a whole lot warmer than back in the UK and I had prepared for my trip by buying snow boots, so I didn’t…
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