Lower Case and BoldCardiff, a whistle stop tourWhether by accident or design, Cardiff has managed to create two cities; Cardiff and Cardiff Bay. It’s not a Derry/Londonderry kind of…Jul 6, 2019Jul 6, 2019
Lower Case and BoldWhales, hot dogs and hills.This week I found myself in deepest Wales, or ‘Whales’, as one of my neighbours calls it. It’s a beautiful place, full of contradictions…Jul 1, 2019Jul 1, 2019
Lower Case and BoldA quick guide to Cork CityIt’s a funny place, Cork City, the place is buzzing with pubs, restaurants, music and that greatest of all hard-to-define words, ‘culture’…Jan 28, 2019Jan 28, 2019
Lower Case and BoldAnd would you like that with tea and toast?If you want to gain a few pounds in weight, I think I can heartily recommend County Down. It’s not that the people there slip in extra…Jan 28, 2019Jan 28, 2019
Lower Case and BoldNut allergies, a useful but completely non-scientific guideIf you read the popular press you would be forgiven for thinking that we live in an era which seems to be ridden with allergies. Apparently…Oct 17, 2017Oct 17, 2017
Lower Case and BoldRural dining in Ulster‘I’ll have the chicken salad please’, I confidently said, in the small rural diner, a proverbial stone’s throw from Cookstown, Co Tyrone…Oct 15, 2017Oct 15, 2017
Lower Case and BoldThe problem with ordering hot food in rural Ireland‘So, what have you got?’, I asked the exhausted-looking teen behind the hot food bar, straight out of school to her Saturday job in the…Oct 14, 2017Oct 14, 2017
Lower Case and BoldSchools picking up the piecesThere’s a little gripe within the four walls of education in Northern Ireland. If the truth be told there are indeed many gripes in all…Oct 8, 2017Oct 8, 2017
Lower Case and BoldStraining relationships in yogurtAs every physics student knows, the great man from south Lincolnshire, Sir Isaac Newton, proudly stated that ‘for every action there is an…Oct 1, 2017Oct 1, 2017
Lower Case and BoldSchools, a worldwide uniform approach?It’s true, it really does look like young people today have never had it so good after all. Why? Well, a quick glance at the walls of…Sep 30, 2017Sep 30, 2017