Technology and #mobile devices have changed the culture. The ability to look up #information in the moment you are wondering about something shifts expectations for what is possible. Rather than waiting until you had access to an encyclopaedia or having to wait to call a #travel agency, you can now simply call up the information on your phone. This changes how we make plans with friends--the ability to do things at the last minute, ensures we are getting the best prices, and

Radical Ideas were needed to get the UK out of recession and Mark Carney seemed to have made a start. The Canadian picked to run the Bank of England for the next 5 years made the move to keep interest rates low until unemployment fell to 7%. A good start, but we should also be thinking of wider options and being a lot more #experimental, rather than just playing in the same economic sandpit all the time. Just in the way that Japan is considering now and what China did to Shen

The #Moors are in #Greater #Manchester, #Yorkshire and #Derbyshire in case you didn’t know. The settings of great #novels and #drama, many crimes and in my experience of learning about them utter misery. But in all my years of hearing about them no one ever told me how beautiful they were. I’ve been obsessed with the #North of England for as long as I can remember! I’ve been totally enthralled with #Wuthering Heights, gripped by the horribleness of #Red Riding, and generally

According to the 2016 World Happiness, the Danish are the happiest people on Earth! The secret for this coveted happiness? ‘hygge.’ Hygge is a concept that doesn't have a direct #translation in English but can be explained as the true feeling of happiness every one of us has when everyday things make us more #cozy and comfortable! It can be a warm cup of tea in front of a fireplace during winter, the feeling you get during #Christmas with traditions and family combined to mak

How do you feel about the British summertime? Just when we thought that the #summer wasn't making an appearance it arrived in full force! Instead of the momentary crack in the clouds that the #British Public call ‘the summer,’ we've been treated to so much sun that some days it hardly feels like the UK. #Barbecues and paddling pools are coming out and people are squirting on the sun cream. Yes there's been the some of the usual kerfuffle branding it a heatwave; other countrie

Want to get away to a hotter climate this winter? While the iconic #sporting #events have catapulted #Brazil to #international prominence, up until now the country was not only renowned for its footballers and supermodels but for its #Carnival. The Carnival of Brazil is held just before Lent and is the most famous holiday in Brazil. It attracts millions of spectators and participants each year, including tourists. With the growing #Brazilian economy, learning #Portuguese is m