Guachinche. There's a word for you. It's a lovely word which slips off the tongue like a child down a slide … when you know...
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We miss you! It said. It even had an exclamation mark to show how sincere it was. But do they? Do they really? The email...
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When it comes to seeking travel advice, there are some travel writers and travel bloggers I wouldn't go near with a Dutch barge pole. These...
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On a seedy street in London I found a curious place, After following a furtive fellow who'd covered up his face. Its name is Pinocchio's,...
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I don't think we'll tell DC about the two spiders we had to evict this morning. They weren't tarantula-sized, but they were big enough for...
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It's a dreich old morning; the wind's howling and the rain's lashing against the living room window. It's blowing in from the south west which...
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They came in their droves across plains full of gorse, seeking refuge in the belly of an old wooden horse. Pavlov's dogs, the curate's egg,...
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A week ago it was 5C in our kitchen first thing in the morning, rising to a balmy 7/8C by midday. The kitchen wasn't the...
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€1.80 per portion. That's what our meal cost us last night. It was a creamy and zesty salmon carbonara which I'd happily have paid €10...
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I never once saw Sandy when he wasn't steamin', out-of-his-skull drunk, weaving anarchically along the pavement between the harbour and the Rowan Bar; our shared...
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