You might think of the sun as eternal, but it’s only been around for over 4 billion years and is only expected to last another 5 billion years. Life, as they say, is fleeting. It’s these sorts of thoughts that Bristol-b...
So, I was out walking this morning when I realised the ground was covered in ice – ****, it’s winter, I realised. We can quibble over the specifics another time, but you don’t have to be a meteorologist or an astr...
Outdoor swimming. It’s become a hot topic in the UK recently. When it’s scorching out, nothing beats it. But thanks to this country’s terrible water quality, opportunities for a (healthy) dip in a lake/river are becomin...
When I was eight years old, my neighbour had a Christmas Eve party. Waiting to go home, well past midnight, while my parents said their drunken goodbyes, I looked up at the stars and thought I saw Father Christmas&helli...
I often worry that when I die my family will go through my Google search history and instantly disown me. There’s nothing too racy. Just an embarrassing list of C-list celebrities whose careers I want to keep up with, d...
Between the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the coronation of the King and England almost winning the Euros twice, the phrase “extra bank holiday” has been thrown around a lot in recent years. It’s obvious eight bank holidays...
What does £125,000 get you these days? Well, not a lot it seems. It won’t get you a place to live in Liverpool, that’s for sure. When the average flat, according to Right…...
UK skies are blessed with around 30 meteor showers each year, but few are as breathtaking as the Leonids. It’s known for some of the most beautiful, fast and bright meteors imaginable – and at its peak, you can se...
Pasta for lunch, pasta for dinner, hell, we’ll even have leftover pasta for breakfast! There’s never not been a time we’re not happy to chow down on the world’s great dish. But we’ll be extra celebrating this World Past...
It’s neither Secret nor in Liverpool, but try to stop me from talking about Primavera Sound. It was already arguably the best festival in the world, even better than that one, but now it’s lined up the most exciting, 20...