This April, I was due to finally run the London marathon. I even wrote in January about how to run your own marathon in 2007. See, I have wanted to run the London marathon for a long time and it looked like this year, on 22nd April, I was finally going to achieve one...
I have just had my evening supper and have finally emptied my fridge of all food. My fridge has never been emptier – and my food cupboards are almost bare too. Having just written about eating well and saving the earth, I must walk the talk! So from hereon my...
It has been another beautiful Spring day here in London – and it seems like we are in for another scorching summer. At least the infamous dull weather in London has been changed thanks to global warming. So perhaps global warming is not so bad after all:-)...
I recently had another article published in a magazine aimed at Asian women, a magazine appropriately called “Asian Woman”. How about that for a highly targeted niche? Though my article was aimed at the Asian women readership, it actually applies to all...
Last week, there was a disturbing report about how UK households are dumping a third of all the food they buy. Incredible isn’t it? In light of all the problems we face today such as global warming, scare resources, pollution, simply by cutting out our food wastage we...
Every now and then I come across a cool website which I just have to share with you. A couple of days ago, out of the blue, I heard from James Eves and he shared with me his vision of how to be a cool dad! As I have always been passionate about working with children...
Are you concerned about the amount of excessive packaging our food comes in nowadays? I have just had lunch and it is simply amazing how much packaging our food comes in nowadays. As I already recycle as much as possible, I am wondering what else I could be doing....
A couple of days ago, I had lunch with some new international friends. As a gift, they brought along the most divine Turkish delight sweets, all the way from Istanbul. Those sweets have been the highlight of this week and many a week. Their subtle flavour and exotic...
Spring is here! I am writing this from a beautifully sunny day in central London. Isn’t it funny how I tend to describe the weather, even though I know that the weather is just weather! So as we look forward to longer, brighter days, the question how can you make each...
Today is the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery. Various events are taking place around London and the UK to mark the end of this abhorrent practice. Though it was in 1807 that the slave trade finally became illegal, it was not until 1833 that slaves were...
