Reflections through Cyberspace

I just found an interesting feature on The Guardian, about the building known as the Gherkin in London, which has prompted me to do some research to find out more about it.
This building was completed in 2004 and was built instead of the Baltic Exchange Building which was damaged by an IRA bomb back in [...]

Last April I had blogged about the Monopoly Here and Now UK Edition, where people had a chance to vote for their favourite town, city or village, which ought to appear on the new board game.
The results are now out and the results are here

I was browsing through the megabus website, and realised that they are now also offering low cost journeys by train (in some places), not only by bus. We used megabus last year to go to Brighton and Oxford, so we might use them again.

On the issue of environment sustainability, I just found out that last Summer in London (Hyde Park), they launched a Solar Shuttle, designed by Christoph Behling.
Carrying 42 passengers across the Serpentine Lake, the boat is as beautiful as it is ecologically sustainable. Entirely pollution-free and silent running, the SolarShuttle eliminates the production of 2.5 tons [...]

The race is on for 22 of the UK’s most popular locations to be immortalised on the world famous board game, Monopoly. The communities of the UK’s villages, towns and cities will be rallying together to vote for the chance to be included in the ultimate list of UK locations.
For over 70 years the official [...]

This morning I was reading an article on Skynews about Bournville and a controversy with regards to Tesco selling alcohol in the area, where they were denied a licence to sell alcohol after a hearing at the Birmingham City Council today. So I decided to do some research to know more about the place and [...]

I just came across this interesting website - Walkit. All you have to do is put in from where you are starting your walk to where you want to stop and it gives you a lot of details on how to get there including a map, as well as other interesting facts such as distance, [...]

Some time ago I discovered this website which is all about London and it’s updated daily. It includes news and photos related to London and it’s one of a number of websites I visit daily .
Today they featured this pic from someone’s collection of newspaper headlines. I had a look at the other photos and [...]

Whilst in London I found a book printed by the English Heritage at the flat where we were staying. It is a handbook about places of interest around the UK. I found their website and it is full of details and pictures as well. I particularly found interesting the online resources section, especially the Images [...]

I came across this very interesting website about London while I was there a couple of weeks ago. Informative both for those living there and for people visiting the city. It has the facility to search for places, eg. nearest police station, nearest hospital, nearest parking, etc..It also has live traffic information, where you could [...]