Isn’t art one of the only reasons to go to Holland? I just heard about the Dutch whacking the arts this week. I was astonished because that is one of the main attractions, I think. How many times can you visit...
King Arthur’s Tale I King Arthur invade the writer who sits before me, himself a descendent from Wales, to share with him a story about why I so loved Ruthin. It is a place to which I once escaped to meet my love...
I have a dream speech In the 1780’s, Welshmen departed Talgarth, Brecon for the Northwest Territory in the USA to establish a Welsh community which they did. Henry George and Mary Bevins were among the leading...
Image of the day: Pisang goreng (Fried banana) crumbs at the Tanjong Pagar Railway station. One of the most favorite snacks of Singapore at the old Singapore-Malaysia railway station. After the closure of...
You can’t keep great people down. Vietnamese are spirited from fishermen, farmers to entrepreneurs of all kinds. We nearly destroyed them for fear of communism. We said we were at war on their behalf because...
Growing up, any thoughts I had on Newfoundland usually began with it being extremely far-away and ended with the knowledge that whatever TV show I was currently watching would, as a rule, have premiered a half-hour...
http://www.stonehenge.co.uk/ How long did it take to build Stonehenge? If you Google search the question you will get some people answering it that may or may not be consistent with the official Stonehenge...
Not that there is anthing wrong with having high tea with a rapper. This is officially Boxing Day, the day after unwrapping day. I had my tea at the British Museum atop the mummies. " “Taking afternoon...
I was walking along in London and noticed a sign in front of a residence: Samuel Morse lived here. I was sporting my new cochlear implanted listening device and could not resist showing it off in front of the...
ORT has formally challenged Belize Tourism to a social media duel. The Belize Tourism Board Action Plan 2010-2012 relies heavily on the deployment of social media marketing to draw international tourists. Unfortunately, social media is only a vehicle and not...
Belize has removed the muzzle from its news media, letting them report on the latest big narcotics and human trafficking busts in that country. Why is that? There are many things in the air over Belize, none of it good. All of it leads back to what...
There is no bottom to the abyss to which crime has plunged. Six persons were murdered in the weekend’s wave of terror; four in the city and two in the west. How do you top this new record? There is yet no official comment, but there is general public outrage at the...