Year: 2017

Karon Grieve only passenger on holiday flight
Travel

Today, Karon, we’ll be flying at 35,000 feet: Woman only passenger on holiday jet

Being chauffeur driven to your holiday destination is a wonderful idea and one that a lot of premium airlines have now clocked on to – offering collection from your home and drop off to the airport. For Business class passengers it’s expected. But for one lucky lady – Karon Grieve, from Dunlop in Ayrshire – her flight from Glasgow was a wonderful surprise when it turned out … Continue reading Today, Karon, we’ll be flying at 35,000 feet: Woman only passenger on holiday jet

James Cole
Travel

Building bridges in Peru

Imagine what would happen if we all worked together in our communities to produce or enhance infrastructure that helps us in our dailiy lives. If through tradition we taught each other skills, and handed on the knowledge of how to balance history with modernity; hand-working the same as centuries before, but potentially safer, warmer, and more contactable thanks to modern products and materials. In the … Continue reading Building bridges in Peru

James Cole
Family

London kicks off Autumn season with vision for growth

The Mayor of London and visitlondon.com today launched a bold new vision to accelerate the capital’s status as a world-class tourist destination. Tourism numbers in London are set to rise sharply, with more than 40 million people expected to visit the city by 2025, an increase of 30 per cent on the 31.2 million visitors who came to the capital in 2016. The Tourism Vision for London, which … Continue reading London kicks off Autumn season with vision for growth

James Cole
Family

How would long-term paternity leave affect gender roles?

If each parent has solo parental leave then life is better for everyone involved?  Should we legislate to improve parental relationships by forcing fathers to take parental leave? There’s evidence that it is beneficial to the child/children and to the relationships between the mother and father – but is it detrimental to two careers rather than just one? Professor Margaret O’Brien and Professor Karin Wall … Continue reading How would long-term paternity leave affect gender roles?

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Life

Before you can be with others, first learn to be alone

In 1840, Edgar Allan Poe described the ‘mad energy’ of an ageing man who roved the streets of London from dusk till dawn. His excruciating despair could be temporarily relieved only by immersing himself in a tumultuous throng of city-dwellers. ‘He refuses to be alone,’ Poe wrote. He ‘is the type and the genius of deep crime … He is the man of the crowd.’ … Continue reading Before you can be with others, first learn to be alone

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