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There are train journeys, and then there are experiences that transcend the act of travel altogether. The Eastern & Oriental Express, weaving its way through the heart of Southeast Asia from Bangkok to Singapore, belongs firmly in the latter category. Aboard this rolling palace, time slows, the landscape unfolds like a living painting, and the…
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FINLAND Day of Finnish Culture 28th February • National Flag Day of Finland What Is Kalevala Day? Every year on the 28th February, Finland pauses to honour one of the most remarkable works of world literature, the Kalevala, and by extension, the richness of Finnish culture itself. Known officially as Kalevala Day (Kalevalan päivä) and…
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In 1971, a young programmer named Michael Hart was given access to a mainframe computer at the University of Illinois. With effectively unlimited computing time ahead of him, he typed out the Declaration of Independence and saved it as a text file. His reasoning was simple: computers could store and distribute information, so why not…
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F I N L A N D Painter, Visionary & the Soul of Finnish Art 26th April 1865, Pori, Finland – 7th March 1931, Helsinki 1865 Born in Pori, Finland Kalevala His Life’s Great Subject Paris Studied 1884–1890 1931 Died in Helsinki There are artists who paint the world as they find it, and there…
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Memoirs & Biographies (UK Availability) Core Fiction The Hobbit Publisher: HarperCollins Available: Waterstones Amazon Click Here The Lord of the Rings (Trilogy) Publisher: HarperCollins Formats: Paperback, hardback, box sets, ebook, audiobook Price: ~£7.99–£9.99 per volume; box set ~£25 Retailers: All four The Silmarillion Publisher: HarperCollins Format: Paperback, ebook, audiobook Price: ~£18.99 paperback Retailers: Waterstones, Bookshop.org,…
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“Not all those who wander are lost.” In the entire history of literature, few writers have achieved what John Ronald Reuel Tolkien accomplished in his lifetime. A mild-mannered Oxford professor who smoked a pipe, marked endless examination papers, and enjoyed nothing more than a pint at his local pub, Tolkien quietly constructed one of the…
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On 2nd April 1833, the town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, did something revolutionary. Using public tax dollars, they established a library that any resident could use for free. No membership fees. No social requirements. Just walk in, borrow a book, and walk out. It was a radical idea: that knowledge should belong to everyone, that…
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I N D I A ❖ R A J A S T H A N Royal-Style Luxury on the Rails of Rajputana ❖ New Delhi → Jaipur → Jodhpur → Jaisalmer → Udaipur → Agra ❖ 7 nights Duration 8 Palaces Themed Saloons 1982 Year of First Journey 10 Royal Destinations The whistle sounds. The…
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27th February – A Toast to Velvet, Coffee, and Rum Every year on 27th February, the United States raises a glass, or a dessert spoon, or a coffee cup, in celebration of one of the most beloved liqueurs in the world. National Kahlúa Day is an unofficial but enthusiastically observed occasion dedicated to the rich,…
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In a workshop in Mainz, Germany, sometime around 1440, a goldsmith named Johannes Gutenberg began tinkering with an idea that would transform human civilisation more profoundly than almost any invention before or since. He was combining technologies that already existed, metalworking techniques from his craft, the screw press used for making wine, and the concept…