EVERY October half term when I was a child my parents would take my sister and I to Whitby, home of Dracula, the best fish and chips in the world and warrens of delightful little winding streets and hidden passageways. It is a place I think of fondly because it was and still is so […]
AS a journalist, you will often get the opportunity to do fun and exciting things with the small commitment of a few-hundred-words feature in return. Some fun things I’ve done so far during my time at the Nottingham Post include a trip to Lapland, a break in some luxury five-star hotels and interviewing Ed Miliband. […]
FINDING the Perfect Apartment is a very tricky business. In our case, we needed somewhere central to the city, within a £600-a-month budget and with a car parking space. These things were all essentials. But the things which make the apartment I found perfect are far more intricately detailed than somewhere to slot my car […]
AS of late I’ve developed a bit of an addiction for taking pictures of food. Not Muller-light-at-lunch-time kind of photos, but snaps of food when I’m eating out. I get this overwhelming urge to whip out my iPhone every time a dish is placed in front of me or whoever I’m with. Part of the […]
AS the shops gear up for February 14 by producing as many things as possible in the shape of a heart, from hot water bottles to breast enhancers (yes, I spotted some heart shaped chicken fillets yesterday, subsequently convinced myself this must be a ‘joke’ gift), I decided to delve a little deeper into what […]
NOTTINGHAM seems to have far more Indian restaurants than other types of restaurants. Both major arterial roads into the city – Mansfield Road and Alfreton Road – are populated with curry houses, both takeaways and sit down restaurants. The city centre offers tastes of India on most streets too. But having sampled most of the […]
AFTER 31 days of turning down invitations for after work drinks, deliberately avoiding the wine aisle in Sainsbury’s and opting for a soft drink with every meal, I was very much looking forward to my first sip of Chardonnay in 2013. But because I had spent most of Friday afternoon (that is, February 1 – […]
