Update: Yang Sing Oriental Hotel has sadly closed in March 2009, just a little under a year since its opening. You have undoubtedly heard of – if not dined at – Yang Sing restaurant in Pri...
The Banyan Tree, located in Moho Building in Castlefield, is the current hot-spot for all who live and work at The Box Works, Timber Wharf, and on St George’s Island. It stands right across the ...
On July 5, 2002 I landed in Manchester Airport for the first time. In fact, it was the first ever time I would visit England. I’d left in August, then visited briefly again in November, and the ...
I have been writing about my home country every so often on my blog. I know that I have almost never reacted to either critical or positive comments in the media on Russian politics and economy. There...
There are certain things that you would not consider as an ability, had it not been for the circumstances in which these things manifested themselves. The ability to swear may not be particularly bad ...
I once said jokingly that, when you live in Manchester, you may never need to visit London. You’ve got Pall Mall, Albert Sq, Oxford St (albeit the latter is probably four times as short as the L...
For the second day running I come across articles from the press that just cannot be lost for the posterity – they need to be preserved and cherished. And before you say anything, I (as all of u...
It seems that I keep remembering the pearls from George Mikes’s How to be an Alien. But how can I avoid doing so, when I get to see the screen shot of a story on CNN’s website? The story i...
Last week I was contacted by a reader who has been living in Vienna, Austria, for a number of years and is “loving it”. Not that I didn’t take him seriously, but, having just read a ...
I do love strolling little known streets and taking ad hoc trips to unknown places. Living close to what they call “transport links” makes a huge difference, as well. When you only need to...