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Life on the Edge
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About any aspect of life that inspires, empassions me or takes my fancy... Encapsulating food, fitness, art, film, friends, travel, walking, running, smiling...
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Lord Seb\'s top running tip
This is one item that comes firmly under the category of things I wish I'd known earlier... Listening to Lord Seb Coe, on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, the other day, I was intrigued to hear him talking about the way his father trained him, to enhan...
Top toasty tip (for girls)
Brrr, if you're in the UK, you've probably heard the weather reports and felt the chill. And it's going to get even more wintry over the next few days. That's fine and dandy if you relish playing in the snow (and I'm a happy bunny if the torrential...
All the colours of the train
I'm not usually in the habit of extolling the virtues of graffiti. But I admit that I was rather taken with the colours and artwork, on the train, I spotted at Catania station... Che ne pensi? ...
Perfect pasta (with pistachios)...
Three confessions: first, I admit to not being the world's greatest pasta fan; second, all that changed on my recent trip, in a village just outside Catania; thirdly, I omitted to take a photo of the dish but here's one of the featured (locally sourc...
Fruits of Etna
It's not just through its dramatic omnipresence and black lava stone that magnificent Etna has an impact on the lives of locals. The particular climate it endows upon the surroundings are perfectly suited to producing prime varieties of vitamin and ...
The Full Sicilian
Oh yes! There's no stopping me... I liked it so much the first time around that I just had to go back. An (almost) irresistible offer at an alluring hotel in another part of the glorious Mediterranean island meant I just couldn't refuse. So, at th...

