Is this the ultimate selfie?
Professional photographer Gareth Iwan Jones may have just taken the 'ultimate selfie'. The well known snapper posted this short clip to his social media account, which takes the boring old selfie to the next level. Instead of a still image, the photographer took stunning drone footage showing him and his wife laying on the deserted Cofete Beach on the Spanish island of Fuerteventura. The drone camera then pans out over a seemingly endless beach at the foot of the 800m high mountains of Jandia. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNkdb6VZ0Y0 The...
Hotel review: DoubleTree, Tower of London
We take a girlie break at the DoubleTree by Hilton London – Tower of London. With Christmas in the air and a family feeling dominating, I decided it would be apt to whisk my older and lovelier sis away for a night for some quality girlie time. Our destination was all of 30 minutes away: the DoubleTree by Hilton London – Tower of London, which was perfect for our plan of a post-work evening out, followed by a reviving walk...
London to become ‘just about bearable’ for next seven days confirm indigenous population
The indigenous people of London are today celebrating as millions of economic migrants return back to their homeland for Christmas. The annual exodus of around 4 million people ensures public transport becomes ‘manageable’, shopping becomes ‘a little bit less hysterical’ and bars become ‘not wholly uncomfortable’. Simon Griffiths, a geezer, said “It's a wonderful time of year aint it. I was born under the sound of the Bow Bells and was runnin round the streets of the East End since...
Secret Chef – Something about Xmas makes clients even more demanding
Since its Christmas, here is a Christmas story. To protect the innocent, the guilty and myself, nothing I tell you will be quite true. My qualification for being your secret chef is spending two decades as a private chef for High Net Worth (HNW) and Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) clients all over Europe and on super yachts. What I have become experienced at is keeping secrets. Here is what I remember about Christmas in Dublin for a Swiss family....
The world in 2016: Have we tried turning it off and on again?
Hate-fuelled, morbid and varnished with a disturbing veneer of instability, 2016 will forever be remembered as the year the world took leave of its senses. A reality show celebrity is now the most powerful man on earth, Britain has cut ties with its biggest trading partner and Mo Farah didn’t even make it into the top three spots for SPOTY despite achieving something no Brit has ever achieved before nor is likely to ever achieve again. Like the monotonous computer fix proffered up...
Final vote count shows Clinton beat Trump by almost 3m votes
The final vote count from the US election shows Hilary Clinton beat Donald Trump by a whopping 2,865,075 people in the popular vote, despite losing the election. Data released by CNN shows Hilary would have run away with the victory if the Electoral College system wasn't used, which was once called "a disaster for a democracy" by contender Trump. The FINAL Clinton-Trump popular vote totals: Clinton: 65,844,954 (48.2%) Trump: 62,979,879 (46.1%) Diff: 2,865,075https://t.co/r2vEh8BRWc — Robert Yoon (@robyoon) December 21, 2016 In a...
How London Southend Airport Became “Best in Britain”
As anyone who has ever travelled out of London during peak seasons will testify, hell hath no fury like a London-based airport. Heathrow, Luton, Stansted and Gatwick consistently ranked among the worst airports in the country for customer service, largely because they pack as many people as possible on as many big aircrafts in the biggest churn of people seen world-wide in the aviation industry. Conversely, Britain's regional airports can often be a rather pleasant experience. A passenger satisfaction survey revealed that...
La La Land leads with 7 Nominations upon release
La La Land was more than welcomed on the Red carpet at Hollywood Town, during the Golden Globe Awards. Not one or two, but 7 nominations were there for the musical movie La La Land. It looks like this movie is set to dominate the 74th edition of this Awards Ceremony. And some of the nominations are for best actress in a comedy or musical, best actor in a comedy or musical, best comedy or musical and best director. This movie...
Top Five Christmas Films
By Linda Marric @linda_marric Top 5 lists are never easy to compile and it’s almost impossible to please everyone, so as the yearly debate rumbles on about what constitutes a Christmas movie and whether Die Hard is one of them, here’s a list of my recent and all time favourite holiday movies. 5- Bad Santa (2003) The recent sequel to this 2003 box-office hit might have been a huge disappointing mess, but the original remains one of the...