Reading: an alternative to travel
Thanks to budget flights, people travel more now than ever before. Tourists often see all the sights and travellers try to experie…
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Bedtime stories
Never underestimate the power of a bed time story. Picture the scene: the year is 1999. Its bedtime in the Burdon household. My ol…
A Jane Austen-style picnic
When I was little I used to read everyday but as I got older I read less and less. I preferred to watch TV instead of reading a bo…
What's the deal with dystopias?
Right now, there are a lots of very successful young adult books have one thing in common they're all dystopias; that is, they al…
War Horse
First published by Michael Morpurgo as a childen's book in 1982,War Horseis something of an unlikely success story. When it was fi…
Who was Roald Dahl?
When I was little, I loved reading stories written by Roald Dahl. I would argue that he is one of the best children's authors of t…
My love-hate relationship with reading
When I was younger, I loved to read. I could get through a whole book in a day, and used to beg my parents every night to let me s…
Viva La High Heel
I have some difficulty walking in high heels. When I say some, I mean I cant take more than a few steps without needing to stop, o…
Fashionable fun
There is one shop on my road in Berlin which really stands out from the rest. Himo is nestled in between a closed-down supermarket…
Fashion for all
I GOT ONE I GOT ONE!! British fashion designer Henry Holland excitedly proclaimed on Twitter. One click reveals a photo of the des…
