"Conspiracy theory" videos are not uncommon on YouTube, and any YouTube user can easily come across them without having to search for them. In an effort to help YouTube users to know more about the #phenomenon presented on such videos, there will be visible links to Wikipedia articles and #news related to them. Susan Wojcicki (YouTube's CEO) calls these links 'informative clues' that every user should click on in order to get unbiased and relevant information about what was b

Britain has never been a country famed for its #multilingual nature and this week the point was driven home with a rather worrying report from the British Council. The #Languages for the Future report draws attention to Britain’s lack of prowess in speaking what it regards as the 10 most “important” foreign languages, defined as those vital to the #United Kingdom over the coming 20 years on #educational, #economic, #political and #cultural grounds. They are: #Spanish, #Arabic

Very recently I attended my first ever skiing trip with a group of friends, one of whom was a complete novice like me while the other seven were practically born with skis attached. Now for those of you who are toying with the idea of skiing based upon rose tinted images of effortless weaving down gentle slopes that end with a pub every mile, fair warning; words like ‘gentle’, ‘effortless’ and ‘slope’ are not typical #skiing vernacular. For one thing, a snow covered piste ma

#London is famous for its fine dining #social scene. It’s also home of the laborious #environment to which the workforce is sadly subjected. Fatigue, lack of nutrients, and most of all stress from the authoritarian rule lead to daily calamities in the very restaurants and bars we frequent and love. While we gallantly style ourselves in glamour, while we peruse the streets lined with boozers and bars, to the greeting by the host of our chosen #hotspot and finally to the moment

I believe that the business of #gastronomy is about looking for inexpensive ingredients in order to produce luxury meals. Vietnamese Pho (soup) has become a #fashionable dish in London eateries - not just in #Vietnamese restaurants. In #Westfield for example, one bowl costs you over five pounds; a high cost indeed when you consider that I often cook enough Pho for the whole family for under a fiver! #Recipe books usually tell you to make the stock from ox tail, but in #London

According to a recent study published by the University of Pennsylvania we like stories, and most of us also notice the storyteller. Women in general prefer men who are able to tell a good story, as for the men it is more complicated than that. Most of the 400 American #students that took part in the study considered those who were great storytellers to have a high social status. Female students even considered the best male storytellers as suitable husbands! However, when ma