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How To Pack For a Week's Holiday(Post)
Personally for me 7 days is the perfect length of time for a holiday. Any less and I'm really not ready to return home and feel like I have been a little short changed as I didn't manage to do everyt ...
#SBS Event 2015 ICC Birmingham(Post)A fantastic day at the #SBS Event 2015 at the ICC Birmingham on Friday 30th January. #SBS is an initiative set up by Theo Paphitis on Twitter to help small businesses throughout the UK. The hashtag S ...
Maalbi Beautiful Italian Designer Scarves from Biella City of Wool (Post)A luxurious designer scarf that is also stylish can be hard to find particularly if you would like an elegant design and pattern. It should also be expertly woven in the finest threads and of cour ...
Pratesi Briefcases Named After the Famous Men of Florence(Post)As Florence is the heart of the leather industry in Italy, it will come as no surprise that many of our brands are based there. The one brand I want to talk about today is Pratesi which was establish ...
How To Wear All Things Animal Print Leopard And Python(Post)It is not hard to miss that this Autumn the season's trend is animal print, especially big cats leopard, jaguar and tiger. Snake print such as python are also very popular. The variety and boldness r ...
The Culture of the Italian Aperitivo and Apericena(Post)When visiting Italy do not miss out on the Italian culture of enjoying an aperitivo or apericena. Aperitivo simply means pre-dinner drink and is generally from 12pm at lunchtime and between 7 - 9 pm ...
Venice Carnevale (Post)The Venice Carnevale, also known as carnival or mardi gras is celebrated in Venice, Italy along with many other places around the world such as Rio de Janeiro and New Orleans. It starts 40 days befor ...
Festivals And Events in Italy - October, November and December 2018(Post)Festival of the Thrush – Montalcino – October 27th - 28thLocally known as the Sagra del Tordo, this annual festival celebrates the regions hunting heritage and the opening of the hunting season. It's ...
An overnight stay in the City of Bath. Trolley Suitcase or Holdall?(Post)Recently we had an overnight stay in the city of Bath. Why Bath? Well we got to know the city very well when our youngest went to the University of Bath to do a masters degree on aerospace engineerin ...
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry A Fairy Tale Wedding(Post)I watched the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle along with 2 billion others people around the World. We all had an inkling this would not be your usual, staid traditional wedding as the bride ...
What Makes A Really Good wallet(Post)We do live in a very consumerist world at the moment. There's no doubt that we all love a real bargain and we now readily accept that we don't repair or fix anything, we just replace. This is very mu ...
The Demise Of The High Street(Post)There doesn't seem to be a week that goes by when we don't hear some more bad news about the High Street. The sad erosion of retail outlets closing down is ripping the beating heart out of our towns ...
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