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What is a Ploughman's Lunch?
This is a very simple British lunch that features on practically every pub menu in the country...
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Culture Shock - Traveling to India for the First Time
I experienced massive culture shock going to India for the first time, this article is about what I found hardest there. It is a wonderful and amazing country, and so different to the West!
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10 Inspirational Quotes about Beautiful Clouds!
Clouds can be a great source of inspiration, with their changing shapes reflecting changing mood - here are some quotes inspired by clouds!
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The Great All American Breakfast
A foreigner's perspective on what American's like to eat for Breakfast
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Learn About the Gambel's Quail
Gambel's Quail is a ground dwelling bird, found predominantly in the South-West deserts of North America. It is surely one of the cutest birds I have ever seen, with it's rotund little body and black plumage. This page looks at the Gambel's Quail...
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Chelsea Buns - an English Bun with a past!
A guide to the delicious, sweet and spicy Chelsea Bun! Here you will find a recipe, learn about it's long and illustrious history and find out where the best Chelsea Buns can be found in England.
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The Chip Butty: A Greasy, Guilty Pleasure!
An essential and useful guide to the chip butty. Learn what it is and how to make one, and sing along to the chip butty song.
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What is a Bacon Butty?
What on earth is a "bacon butty"? How do you make the perfect bacon butty? These vital and important questions are discussed here...
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Coconut Ice Sweets
Coconut ice is a traditional British candy, very retro and kitsch looking - but delicious and easy to make at home!
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Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh
A review of Evelyn Waugh's Vile Bodies - a novel set in the roaring 1920's.
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Lenticular Clouds: Strange UFO Shaped Clouds!
Learn about Lenticular clouds, how and why they form and where you may be able to spot them.
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Riders by Jilly Cooper: Classic 80's Fiction
A brilliant bonkbuster!
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Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness) by Françoise Sagan: My Review
I first read Bonjour Tristesse when I was 15 and being an angsty teenager was attracted to the title, which translates as "hello sadness". I immediately fell in love with the book and the 17 year old narrator Cécile in the first sentence. Being a...
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The Best Book about Clouds: The Cloudspotter's Guide - My Review
A brilliant book for anyone interested in weather and clouds...this is my review
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English Bluebells
A guide to the English Bluebell - what they look like, where and when to find them and how they feature in myths and folklore...
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Understanding the Science of Rainbows
A simple explanation of what rainbows are and why we see them, as well as the different types of rainbows you can see too.
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Why Does it Rain?
Rain glorious rain! This is a guide to rainy weather; what it is, why it happens and the different types of rain that fall.
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Cool Cloud Formations!
A basic and simple guide to clouds. Find answers to how clouds are made, what low, high, vertical and middle clouds are and what are some of the rarest cloud formations you can see.