I’ve never liked olives. I have tried to enjoy them, but every time I bite into one I can’t help but pull a ridiculous face as that acidity hits my tongue. “What’s not to like?” protested my boyfriend when I told him this. That was followed by helpful advice from my brother: “Eat ten in
An occasion harking back to ancient times, the London 2012 Olympics will feature 26 sports and a total of 302 separate events. New events are added at every Games; while fresh sports are introduced, the less fortunate (or perhaps less popular, or more arcane) are shown the door. The least successful of all have been
In 2002, I vowed aged nine, that I would “never ever in a million years” return to Nepal. My exclamation had come after spending an entire 13-hour flight from Kathmandu back to Heathrow with my head plunged in a sick bag, after a particularly nasty bout of food poisoning. Ironically, it later turned out that I
A love of street art leads me to follow plenty of artists that your average Joe Bloggs doesn’t know about – Mark Jenkins, Stik, the Mentalgassi collective, Type. But there’s one artist everyone truly does know about: Banksy. He’s the Tiger Woods of art, the David Beckham of graffiti; in short, his fame has long since
Much as I love my job promoting all corners of the world, and take the chance to travel abroad whenever the opportunity arises, I am passionate about being British and would be hard-pushed to live anywhere else. Okay, so the weather can be challenging, but there’s nothing more character-forming than an outdoor picnic in conditions
Would you prefer to attend the Olympics in London, with the potentially dire weather, huge crowds and transport system melt-down – plus the impossible task of obtaining tickets at a reasonable cost – or the Nemean Games in Greece in an ancient stadium dating back to 2,300 BC, bathed in the warmth of a Greek
Monty Don and Rachel de Thame, both gardeners and broadcasters extraordinaire, visited the Azorean Garden at the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show earlier this week (Tuesday 3 July). Sunvil Discovery is closely involved in running the Azorean Garden stand – which appears at the show for the first time this year – with the Azores