Mediterranean diet and diabetes. Do you follow the Mediterranean diet or do you know anyone who’s diagnosed with type 2 diabetes? And have you read this article in the Reader’s Digest by Janis Graham?
Mediterranean eating. Eating plans and the Mediterranean plan for the Guardian Eat Right by the Observer. Yoghurt with fruit and nuts, salmon with roast vegetables, pasta salad and fruit and crackers and hummus…
Madagascar andAfrica. The website of Madagascar National Tourism Board. South Africa for 15 nights with the supplier Riviera Travel for 1499 pounds and the Nile for seven nights from 649 pounds with another supplier, Discover Egypt.
Trust has received 1000 complaints to keep Asian Network open. This is ridiculous. The station is key to the Asian music scene. Seems apathy has reared its ugly head in regards to Save BBC Asian Network. Come on everyone, we can do better than 1000 complaints. EMAIL srconsultation@bbc.co.uk NOW to Save BBC Asian Network. Just be honest. Keep it simple or state your reasons for not closing it down.
22.11.09 – Thailand. Have you ever travelled to Thailand and Bangkok? Would you like to travel there? Please see below as well.
Mediterranean countries for “The Observer” and more
Cancun, Mexico, Central America and Asia. Have you ever been to Cancun in Mexico or Thailand? And maybe from Sweden? Which are the flights? And where have you been?
Sitges. September in Spain from the UK? In Sitges? Do you know salsa music? Or maybe do you like to eat in tapas restaurants?
Again Italy. Do you like whales or dolphins in the Ligurian Sea or maybe Basilicata with southern Apennines and “bread from bakeries in Matera, wine from Aglianico and cheese from the mountains”? And do you like this list by The Observer?
An island.Sardinia‘s Supramonte Mountains and plateau, Sorgente Su Gologone and the Lanaittu Valley or a Nuraghic village. Any help needed by the Association for Tourist Services, Culture and Environment in Orgosolo or the Agrituristica Guthiddai? Would you like to taste boiled sheep, roasted pork, bread and salami or cheese, local wine and olive oil?
Going on with food, would you feel like eating almonds, carob, olive, pistachio and walnut trees? In Can Marti – Ibiza, Spain, with Swiss owners… Furthermore there is “homemade bread with local jam and honey”…
Spain and France. And what about Cortes de la Frontera in Spain and a lot of place in France like Béziers, the Languedoc, the Canal du Midi and Carcassonne? Or the vineyards of Minervois, Ventenac and the Cathar castle at Lastours? A wind farm there…
Burgundy and gay naturism. A gay naturist retreat in Burgundy by Citronniers with a price of 80 euros per night per person with a 3-course evening meal, full English breakfast, lunch and all drinks included.
Marche. And would you like mountains’ cycling holidays in Alpujarras, Spain, as the second page of the article offers? Or an agriturismo in Le Marche, Italy? Here more information…
Cycling and eating. Do you know the village of Bérchules and the Alpujarras? And the Sierra Nevada above Granada and the Mulhacén in Spain? Do you like mountains’ cycling and picnicking? You should pay 630 euros a week.
Farming. A country house and organically run farm in Le Marche, Italy… What? A five-course evening meal?! Incredible… And “heating is solar-powered and there’s a wood-fired stove fuelled by coppicing from the farm woods”. Plus truffle-hunting not very far from Rimini, Urbino and Ancona. Doubles from €110 including breakfast.
Ssese’s Islands. Do you know where the tropical Ssese’s Islands are? If you would like to know it, please see this reportage by Richard Eilers for The Observer… Sands, forest walks, a lake, fried tilapia, above all the rapids and Bob Marley… And, moreover, as for names, Kampala, the MS Kalangala from Entebbe to Bugala, Lutoboka, Kibale Forest national park and the Bassese and, as for animals, gorillas and chimpanzees…
The Nile. And do you know what mzungu means, who Idi Amin is and where Jinja and the Bujagali Falls are? Clues for my question are the Nile and the lakes Nyinambuga and Victoria… Last, but not least, have you ever been to the Ssese Islands Beach Hotel, the Haven, the Ndali Lodge and to the Gately on Nile? Have you ever met South Africans or Americans?
Aircraft. You can fly to Entebbe from Brussels with Brussels Airlines on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from 10.40 to 19.35; from Amsterdam and from London Heathrow to Entebbe with KLM. Among the other national parks in Uganda there would be the Bwindi Impenetrable national park in the south-west, Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth national parks and “the Foreign Office advises against travel to the Karamoja region, in the north-east”.
Southern Italy. What follows is not an ad and I know my readers should be very intelligent. So I add this link to a project for 122 two and three bed villas and townhouses near Sciacca, Sicily, Italy.
Northern and Central Italy. Do you like Castel Fidardo, near Ancona? And Vicobarone Ziano Piacentino, near Piacenza in Emilia Romagna?
What is your review of Broadway musical, Les Misérables, starring Nick Jonas as Marius? A photo and another one here and here.
And Les Misérables in Concert — or The 25th Anniversary Event— broadcasted in cinemas and American movie theatres? Happy for Samantha Barks, who should be his girlfriend? I have read something about all these aspects here. And there is a video album about him here.
Family lawyer Aina Khan talking about divorce and separation to Nihal on BBC Asian Network – page.
18.09.10 – Pope Benedict XVI. The pope and BBC Asian Network: Gagan Grewal’s programme (read and listen), Nihal (read and listen, also about saris and Asians and the media), Sanjay Sharma and Hindi/Urdu Programme (read and listen, also on the situation in Kashmir).
– Shin & Bollywood Pandits live session – please watch this video.
Homosexuality and the Pope. Rozina Sini and Asian Network Report (read and listen, a second, a third – also about homosexuality – and a fourth episode, a fifth one with football, Arsenal and Chelsea, a sixth with Manchester United, France and the veil and a seventh episode with Bollywood).
The Pope, London, homosexuality and more. Catholic church is not only child abuse scandals, but, anyway, there was a protestagainst the Pope in Central London with comedian Al Murray and the atheist Richard Dawkins about abuses, homosexuality, condoms and women’s rights.
03.04.10 – An Easter. Happy Easter for you and I would like to ask you how your Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday have been.
Child abuse scandals and allegations by victims of paedophile priests.Unfortunately, I have read a report in the Observer by Tom Kington and Henry McDonald about pope Benedikt XVI, paedophile priests and child abuse scandals.
Italy, Ireland, Germany and the United States. Child abuse scandals in Italy, Ireland, Germany and the United States.
I wonder: any news from you about Michael Jackson’s Bad album? I like very much the song Man In The Mirror and a bit Dirty Diana and I Just Can’t Stop Loving You.
Maybe you prefer some other song from this album among the other ones: Bad, The Way You Make Me Feel, Speed Demon, Liberian Girl, Just Good Friends, Another Part Of Me, Smooth Criminal and Leave Me Alone.
Below something else – that is notably different – about music. And here a selection of videos about Michael Jackson and Cirque du Soleil.
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Polar Bear and Paul Morley. Paul Morley’s Showing Off for the Observer, modern jazz and Polar Bear, John Surman and Jerry Dammers.
Music. A playlist of mine with songs by Lily Allen and Amy Macdonald (please see also below or take a look at my categories).
MJ.The Observer, the Guardian and the official exhibition at the O2 in London until 28th February. With an interview to Miko Castaneda Brando, son of Marlon Brando.
Calogero Mira 