Author Archives: Mark

Nigel Heath visits the Azores and Madeira

Nigel Heath visits the Azores and Madeira

I had always wanted to visit the Azores, an archipelago of nine Portuguese islands out in the Atlantic, ever since schoolboy days when my English teacher asked us to read Alfred Lord Tennyson’s ...
Senior Moment – Screenagers

Senior Moment – Screenagers

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can certainly teach one new words – and here’s one I learnt recently – screenagers. A screenager is defined by none other than the Oxford Englis ...
Halloween 2018: are you ‘een or out?!

Halloween 2018: are you ‘een or out?!

Will you be stocking up on sweets and chocolate goodies come 31st October, or drawing the curtains and pretending to be out? Halloween, or All Hallows Eve, falls on a Wednesday this year and will be, ...