If you were to look through the physical books in my home and have a browse through my Kindle library you would see that one genre wins in the popularity contest hands down; detective stories! That’s right, from Jeffery Deaver and Peter Robinson to Kathy Reichs and James Patterson there’s nothing I love more than to delve into a world of…
For most of us, our life in beds progresses in a pretty standard way. We start out with a crib or Moses basket. We move up into a cot, then a single bed, and then eventually a double. Sometimes, there’s a toddler bed, or a cot bed thrown in. But, they follow the standard pattern of getting bigger as we…
Every year the Orchard Theatre in Dartford puts on a Summer Youth Production and this year Vlad and I were lucky enough to have been invited to attend the opening night of The Wizard of Oz which was last night! Open to all young people between 9 and 19 years old the Summer Youth Project offers opportunities for young performers to…
Living in the British countryside it is almost impossible not to bump into a bee in the garden or in the beautiful outdoors. However, in the UK bees are facing many threats including habitat loss, climate change, toxic pesticides and disease. These threats mean 1 in 10 of Europe’s wild bee species facing extinction. As the world’s most important pollinator of food…
Despite lockdown having been eased we have a lot of restrictions in place at the moment to keep us all safe; keeping 2m apart, avoiding unnecessary travel, keeping close contact to households only. These restrictions are important to keep us all healthy but it’s also, unfortunately, meant that many people have been left alone or lonely during the lockdown. Many…
If you want a side-splittingly funny, raunchy, musical spectacular then look no further than The Rocky Horror Picture Show which opened last night at Dartford’s The Orchard Theatre. It had been a while since I last saw the movie and was full of antici….pation for experiencing the extravaganza that was the live show. The Rocky Horror Show is a musical…
Remodelling a house is no easy task. It requires planning, layouts, budget scheme and many other things. If you want to remodel your house the right way then you must know the answers to questions listed below. What’s the weather going to be like? Always pay attention to the weather while remodelling your home because, believe me, overcharged bills and…
Our relationship with our parents changes over time. When we’re younger, they look after us. Then we enter adulthood, and it becomes more like a friendship. Hopefully, you’ll stay in this phase of the relationship for as long as possible. However, there’ll come a point when your parents need your help, whether they ask for it or not. Sometimes, this…
Sadly, we are living in an age where there is no certainty of design. The contemporary world of interior design is trying to find its legs. Shame then, because at the moment it can feel like a baby deer wobbling on spindly legs. The thing is, contemporary designers have taken too much inspiration from modern, midcentury and of course postmodern…
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