This year I decided I wanted to try and see more of Europe, opting for long weekends away in lieu of long-haul holidays. I kicked off this new adventure with a weekend in Rome. As an ex classical civilizations student, it’s been a dream place to visit since I was a teen. It was my first weekend trip and we aimed to visit the city in three days.
Introduce yourself to The Glenlivet Cipher, the world’s most mysterious whisky.
A jet-black bottle. No cask information. No tasting notes. The Glenlivet Cipher is a limited edition single malt released by Master Distiller Alan Winchester. Are up to the task of solving it’s riddle?
On Friday 1 July 2016, in London, I witnessed and was part of one of the most incredible events I have ever seen.
The day marked 100 years since the start of the Battle of the Somme - the bloodiest battle in British military history with 19,240 men dying on the first day alone.
To mark the Somme centenary, 14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts programme for the First World War centenary, commissioned Turner-prize winning artist Jeremy Deller to create a modern memorial to commemorate the occasion. In collaboration with the National Theatre’s director, Rufus Norris, some 1400 volunteers (men aged 16-52) took part in the UK-wide ‘we’re here because we’re here’ event. They volunteers marched across the UK dressed as WWI soldiers in historically accurate uniforms. They represented the 15 regiments that saw loss of life that day.
After the craziness of the last week, and the devistating events that have rocked the LGBT community, this video from Airbnb’s #HostWithPride initiative has broken me.
Taking Airbnb’s ethos ‘Belong Anywhere’ to an all-inclusive degree, it’s a beautiful video with a powerful message, made all the more powerful coming from such a behemoth of a company. It’s acts like this, and from other companies like we’ve seen in North Carolina and around the world where the lives and safety of the LGBT community are at risk that help bring about change that is so desperately needed.
It’s easy to think sometimes that we know exactly who we are, where we come form and what we are made of.
But there are always unknown surprises waiting. Conceived by the travel site Momondo, the Momondo DNA journey video sees a group of individuals challenged to test their beliefs and discovery who they really are.
Because what’s better than baby pandas causing havoc?
Two young pandas were unimpressed when a breeder tried to feed them medicine instead of their usual bamboo in southwest China’s Chengdu.
The keeper was trying to use a syringe to put medicine in the cubs’ mouths but, as this video shows, they resisted by rolling over and climbing on top of him.