An hour after leaving London Blackfriars, the Thameslink train emerges from a long tunnel into a rural Kentish idyll. As we pass over a Victorian viaduct a bucolic view beckons from the south: a meandering river between wooded chalk hills. Water meadows, poplars and an ancient church tower complete the …
Read More »This man built a plane for his family in his garden
(CNN) — It wasn’t until he moved near to an airfield in the UK over a decade ago that mechanical engineer Ashok Aliseril Thamarakshan began to seriously consider learning to fly a plane. He got his first taste of flying a few years later, when his wife Abhilasha bought him …
Read More »Steam trains, shipwrecks and Peter Pan’s garden: 10 great UK family days out for half-term and autumn
Ride the Flying Scotsman, Dorset The famous engine will be 100 years old next February, and to kick off celebrations marking its centenary, the locomotive will be steaming up and down the heritage Swanage Railway during half-term. The public will be able to book tickets to ride behind the Flying …
Read More »10 glorious UK garden fantasias to visit this summer
Wildside, south-west Devon If you are holidaying in the West Country, don’t miss one of the very limited chances to visit Wildside, a few miles north of Plymouth, which opens at the end of the month, and again in August. If you’re not, it’s worth a special trip. Wildside is …
Read More »Muhammad Ali?s red robe from 1971 ‘fight of the century’ with Joe Frazier at Madison Square garden to be auctioned for up to $800,000
The red robe that Boxing legend, Muhammad Ali entered the ring with, wrapped with white trim for his “Fight of the Century” with Joe Frazier on the evening of March 8, 1971, inside a celebrity-packed Madison Square Garden, is now up for auction. After Ali’s loss in a 15-round …
Read More »Here are the top 10 trending moments from Burna Boy’s show at the Madison Square Garden
Here are the top 10 trending moments from Burna Boy’s show at the Madison Square Garden. 1. Fans gave Burna Boy bras as gift 2. Performing ‘Sungba remix’ 3. Performing an unreleased song off his upcoming album 4. Transition from ‘Kilometer’ to ‘Killin Dem’ 5. Performing ‘Way Too Big’ 6. …
Read More »Burna Boy becomes the first-ever Nigerian to sell out the Madison Square Garden in New York
This massive win for Burna Boy and the entire African continent goes to buttress his point in the lyrics of ‘Way too Big’ when he sang “Because I’m way too big”. It’s clear he wasn’t joking. Featured as a guest on the American Talk show “The Daily Show with Trevor …
Read More »Burna Boy to live stream his Madison Square Garden show on YouTube
The African Giant’s ‘One Night In Space Concert’ will be streamed live on YouTube. Burna Boy is set for another Spaceship experience in the United States after recently touring Europe and selling out the 20,300 capacity Accor Arena in Paris twice, the 13,000 capacity 3Arena in Ireland, and the 9,500 …
Read More »Women in Argentina Cultivate Dignity in Their Cooperative Vegetable Garden
Elizabeth Cuenca, Jesusa Flores, Flora Huamán and Ángela Oviedo (from left to right) stand in the agroecological garden they tend with 10 other women in Rodrigo Bueno, a poor neighborhood in Buenos Aires. In the background loom the high-rises of Puerto Madero, the most modern and sought-after neighborhood in the …
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