Unlocking a lost generation of potential
It can’t have escaped your attention that young people today have got it pretty damn tough. University fees are now so high that only the most elite candidates (or those who have rich… Read More
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Wet dreams
Those of you who read my regular blog will know I’m currently in the grip of a rather worrying obsession with hot tubs (though the fact the British and Irish Spa and Hot… Read More
Magical Prague
I am writing this post from a restaurant near the old town square in Prague called the Red Peacock. Tucked away down a quiet backstreet near the chocolate museum it is a real… Read More
The Pursuit of Happiness
It’s not easy to be positive when things aren’t going your way. If you’re feeling under the weather, your job’s getting you down, you’re arguing with your partner or the cost of your… Read More
The moon and a lagoon, but no Northern Lights
I’d hazard a guess that seeing the Northern Lights (or, for the more cultured amongst us, the Aurora Borealis) features on almost everyone’s bucket list, and few places are more famous for viewing… Read More
Top Tips for visiting India’s Golden Triangle
If I could offer potential travellers to India (or anywhere else for that matter) one tip, it would be this: Try not to slip over on the marble entrance of your hotel with… Read More
Would you like some psychotherapy with your Weetos?
In America having a therapist is considered as normal as having cereal for breakfast. But whilst there’s no denying the trend has crossed to our fair shores it doesn’t seem to have gripped… Read More
The Mighty Bromo
Waking up at 3am to climb a mountain is not something I would normally care to do, but when the mountain in question was the mighty Gunung Bromo – one of Indonesian Java’s… Read More
Spirituality in the Modern Age: Essential or Outdated?
Many would argue that the notion of ‘spirituality’ (which, for the sake of this article I will define as ‘finding enlightenment,’ but which less religiously-minded people might just as viably argue to be… Read More
The Search for Inner Peace
When I found myself wedged between a filthy tube door and a sweaty man’s armpit for the fifth morning in a row on my daily commute to work two years ago, something inside… Read More
