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Best Brunch in Fulham and Parsons Green
We moved to Parsons Green around six months ago and, even though we loved the convenience of Kensington and my commute to work is not… Read More
Now that Mike Pence is the GOP Vice President nominee, has suddenly left a gap on Indiana’s ballot for Governor, and the battle to replace him has been playing out in the unlikeliest o… Read More
Some 60 million years ago, a fantastic forest in what is now Eastern Wyoming and Montana was capturing solar energy in the leaves and trunks of trees. Those trees accumulated in vast mats of… Read More
Cozy Science FictionPart 1byJacqueline LichtenbergYou all know the genre sub-division called Cozy Mystery. I've been reading a lot of those lately, and enjoying the amateur detective/R… Read More
This entry is part 12 of 12 in the series Protected from the Bible
Faith.
We all know what it means, right?
Are you sure? Your definition could be incomplete.
FaithThe Biblical Conc… Read More
LIKE THE SACRIFICE OF CAIN? – Sunday October 15th 2017Memorise: Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a che… Read More
Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature are using their Power to Protect the Flow of Dark Money, Cash spent on Campaigns from Secret Donors, into State and Local Elections. It turns out… Read More
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Is this Christian? The High Road: Should democrats turn the other cheek? I can’t believe I’m about to write this. There… Read More
The Spider and the Bookcase
– Non-Fiction by Amanda Bloodgood –
A Spiny Orb Weaver spider has taken up residence in the potted plants next to my back door. It is an odd looking… Read More
Full Frame VS APS-C VS MICRO 4/3
One of the really annoying aspects of choosing a suitable video camera is that the subject is a minefield of terminology.
Unless you are prepared to do a to… Read More
Every year, Warren Buffett auctions off a three-hour lunch date to benefit Glide, a San Francisco charity that fights homelessness and addiction. This year, he’ll be having lunch with… Read More
The joy of reviewing hotels and restaurants is that with every new visit there is often something which will surprise, delight or even shock you. The Montcalm at the Brewery London… Read More
The view from the top of the five star luxury hotel ME London is a tourist’s delight, taking in the essential sights of London, from the London Eye to Big Ben, St Paul’s, To… Read More
Bodysgallen Hall hotel North Wales was the starting point for my week exploring Wales and it was a great place to begin. One of the top luxury hotels in Wales, its location just outside Llan… Read More
The wonderful thing about writing the ALadyofLeisure.com blog is that I’ve discovered so many new places which I would never in a million years have come across otherwise, and the awar… Read More
I’ve been fortunate enough to stay in some lovely country house hotels recently – sadly, Tylney Hall was not one of them.
[Note: this review of Tylney Hall was first publish… Read More
Cannizaro House in Wimbledon. Sadly that isn’t my car.
Note: This review is from Feb 2014. Cannizaro House is now owned by Hotel Du Vin so will have changed since my visit. If you&rsqu… Read More
First time novelist Nathan Filer with his Costa award-winning book, The Shock of the Fall
My taxi driver was very excited when I said there would be loads of celebrities at the Costa Book Aw… Read More
Visitors to Redemption, tucked away in the unfashionable corner of London between Westbourne Park and Ladbroke Grove, first have to walk past an array of Notting Hill’s pubs and… Read More
Do Christians need tax breaks to give more? The headline in Christianity Today is: Christians Urge Congress to Incentivize Charitable Giving. I wonder, how many times did Jesus a… Read More
What happened to Christian transformation? You know – becoming more Christ-like? It used to be important. But now, does it mean anything more than switching to a church that we like… Read More
Does church service make you feel forgiven? We should feel forgiven, shouldn’t we? After all, in The Lord’s Prayer, we ask forgiveness from God. And Jesus died for our sins… Read More
Many exciting and unique haircuts can be frequently seen in mens’ appearances. As we live in a time when the sense of freedom and expressing ourselves through our looks has never been… Read More
And so it begins. The first of the seven letters to the seven churches in Revelation. The Letter to the church in Ephesus. Jesus had some good things to say to them. And so… Read More