Yr Wyddfa
Snowdonia is without doubt my favourite holiday destination and not just because Cyrmu is the Watts family’s motherland. The Scottish highlands are bigger but Welsh mountain…
The Second Commandment of Future Cities
On Sunday I arrived in Rio de Janeiro just as powerful explosion was blowing to smithereens the elevated highway that channels slow-moving traffic north to south…
Cape Town
Just about every South African I know has told me Cape Town is the place to go, so I had been looking forward to last week's…
Festival No.6 (Port Meirion) 2013
Festival No.6 2013 was a rather unique festival experience, not least because rather than camping in a damp tent, we were comfortably ensconced in a guest…
IPCC ends climate debate
On Thursday night, as I half-slumbered through a red-eye journey home from four days of uplifting discussions about cities’ carbon reduction efforts, my tired brain took…
Save the Sky at Night
I can't believe it is true but apparently the BBC are considering axing 'The Sky At Night' following Patrick Moore's death earlier this year. If you…
One weekend / two discoveries
A wonderful trip to Bath this weekend has reaped two pleasant discoveries. First, a beer that purports to offer subtle hints of peach amidst its hoppy…
Glastonbury 2013
Glastonbury is without doubt the highlight of every year. I love it unequivocally and never want to stop going. 2013 was quite simply ‘The Year of…
Lovely Latitude 2013
With a bit of luck (and application) this is the first in series of blogs that will attempt to catalogue some of the many wonderful festivals…
Festival Anthology Explained
With a bit of luck this post will sit at the bottom of a growing list of music festival reviews going back to the 1990s. In…
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