The City of London is a surreal mixture of very old and very new. The grave of the diarist Samuel Pepys sits in the shadow of office blocks with windows that reflect a silhouette of The Shard – the tallest building in Europe brand spanking new to the London skyline. But possibly the weirdest place in London is the Barbican - a concrete ziggurut surrounded by flats exploding out of the clutter. It’s well worth a visit because it is [...]
Bond. James Bond. A licence to kill. Shaken, not stirred. The sharp words of the novelist Ian Fleming, spoken by the iconic character he created, have burrowed so deep into our cultural lexicon they have become larger than the books and movies themselves. They are shorthand for cool, charm and deadly efficiency. But Bond is more than just words. He’s tuxedos, gadgets and swish cars; not to mention beautiful women in various stages of dress. And now… James Bond at [...]
We’re Dave and Carmen – husband and wife, journalists and writers, travellers and companions. We got hitched in 2012 but have been saying ‘I do’ to travel for all our lives.
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