People are often divided on Singapore … some love the fact that it is seen as clean, and safe, and controlled – while others dislike its authoritarian, buttoned-down nature (which is necessary for it to be clean, and safe, and controlled …) Me? I was always conflicted. And I still am. We are in Singapore this…
The theme for our travel pics this week is C for Churches. Today, it’s the Basilica Cathedral of Santa María la Menor in Zona Colonial, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. This is the oldest cathedral in the Americas – begun just 20 years after Christopher Columbus stumbled across the West Indies, while searching for Japan. This shot…
Shirley and I were laying in the pre-dawn darkness of a hotel room this morning … whoops, this sounds like it’s going somewhere it isn’t! Anyway, we were both wide awake, and discussing the fact that we have been a ‘couple’ for 40 years in just a few short months (we met at a party…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Our final image is one of the most photographed bridges in the world – San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. T his crosses from Marin County to San Francisco itself, and crosses the ‘Golden Gate strait’ .. a 5mk long, 1.5km wide stretch of…
This week’s training tip is on how to get your ideas to sink in … If you wish to get an idea across to an audience, you can do worse than adopt the ‘Tell Them, Tell Them, Tell Them’ mantra. Lewis Carroll, in ‘Hunting For The Snark’, wrote “What I tell you three times is…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s Tower Bridge, in London. You know the old song about “London Bridge is Falling Down”? This is, despite common misconception, NOT that bridge. In fact London Bridge was sold to an American many years ago. This, on the other hand,…
I’m always intrigued by the different things people want from a cruise. For some, it’s to relax around the pool, reading books and drinking cocktails – sometimes not even getting off at ports, because its all about the boat. For others, its the excursions, and the destinations, and the adventure. For some it is an…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s the Sydney Harbour Bridge, often called The Coathanger by locals. The tallest single span arch bridge in the world, the Harbour Bridge was also the longest such bridge when it was built during the Great Depression. It is one of Australia’s…
I’ve been in Radio long enough to remember the slow-motion train-crash that was AM Stereo – and I have to say, DAB or Digital Audio Broadcasting shows all the signs of being deja vu all over again. To explain: for 50 years, Australian broadcast radio was all AM, or Amplitude Modulation. Stations had whopping great…
The theme for our travel pics this week is B – for Bridges. Today, it’s San Francisco’s Bay Bridge. When most people think of bridges in SF, they think of the Golden Gate – but the Bay Bridge is actually older, having been opened 6 months before. Strictly speaking, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge is…
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