Alison Chambers

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  1. Free bed for the night

    9/7/10 2:31am by Alison Chambers
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    Free bedThere can’t be many of us who haven’t slept on a mate’s sofa. The problem is, we might have pals in Edinburgh, but our address book is a little light on Provence, Tuscany and Bora Bora. To meet new global friends-with-sofas, go to one of the free couch-surfing websites, where you’ll find thousands of people who are willing to let you breeze in, doss down and swan off in the morning for nothing (although it would be good if you made dinner and did the washing-up).  Read more >

  2. New British Passport

    8/27/10 7:38am by Alison Chambers
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    A new British passport with many extra security features will be introduced in October, replacing the ePassport introduced in 2006 British passports issued after October will have a new look, which will include line drawings of classic landscapes from around the UK. Drawings of the White Cliffs of Dover, the Gower Peninsula, Ben Nevis and the Giant’s Causeway will replace the existing images of birds.  Read more >

  3. Cruise Collection - A silly name but not to be dismissed

    8/18/10 4:32am by Alison Chambers
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    Wearable, beautiful cruise (or resort) collections are the answer to your between-the-seasons woes. Do not dismiss the Cruise collections for having a silly name. For one, they actually have several silly names (Resort, pre-collections); plus, they probably contain the clothes that you will actually end up buying.  Read more >

  4. Air Steward Quitter Begs For His Job Back

    8/16/10 7:28am by Alison Chambers
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    Steven Slater, the airline steward whose flamboyant resignation - turned him into a global anti-hero, has perplexed his legion of fans by begging for his job back.A few days after apparently jettisoning his career, Mr Slater’s lawyer said that he wanted to carry on working in aviation and he would like to return to JetBlue, the airline he “loved”.  Read more >

  5. Airline Gripes

    8/11/10 8:50am by Alison Chambers
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    I've just been reading about the most common complaints among air passengers.  Read more >

  6. Hi Tech For Low Rollers in Vegas

    8/10/10 4:18am by Alison Chambers
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    If you think a webmaster is Spiderman, then all this technology might be a bit much for you, but if you just can’t wait for the next big gadget then Vegas is starting to appeal even more as a place to go play.Las Vegas, home to more hotel rooms than anywhere else in the world. True story, they they used to be designed so you’d spend as little time as possible in them and as long as possible in the casino, but times, as Bob Dylan is always going on about, are a changing.  Read more >

  7. More Monsson Flooding in Pakistan

    8/4/10 3:56am by Alison Chambers
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    It cannot have escaped many peoples attention that there is a natural disaster happening righ now in Pakistan where the heavy monsson rains have flooded a quarter of the country in the North WestSwollen rivers and torrential rains submerged hundreds of villages in the area, forcing people to flee their homes without warning and leave all their belongings behind.Fears that the forecast for more torrential rain will cause the countries third biggest dam to breach mean that the appeal for action and aid is even more urgent.  Read more >

  8. Children and holidays

    7/27/10 9:00am by Alison Chambers
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    As children of a different generation, it was our responsibility to get through our holiday homework and find ways of amusing ourselves, preferably at a distance from the adults. We spent afternoons searching for dead adders at the bottom of our neighbour’s garden, or stealing cherries from his trees. On hot days we would lounge indoors, reading or watching reruns of Little House On the Prairie.Our parents’ philosophy was simple:look, we keep you fed, housed and clothed. As to the rest, use your imagination.  Read more >

  9. Country Ways

    7/26/10 9:37am by Alison Chambers
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    For anyone of a rural persuasion in the UK this weekend must be one of the highlights of the year with the Country Landowners Association staging its spectacular Game Fair this year at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire.  Read more >

  10. Slumming It

    7/23/10 3:30am by Alison Chambers
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    Slum tourism: right or wrong?“In Khayelitsha, an informal township on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, I met a grey-haired lady who was endeavouring to start a restaurant in her home. I had arrived with a local township tour operator in a VW Combi from the District Six Museum, which is dedicated to telling the story of the people resettled from District Six during the clearance between 1966 and 1982.  Read more >

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