Booking.com is ahead in India compared to any online travel agency since it launched its India office back in 2012.With more than 36,000 India-specific properties comprising mainly hotels, this year it also ventured into the homes segment with a special team. Unlike Airbnb, its new competitor in India, which has moved from home stays to … Read more
In India, you can buy saffron that is “useful in asthma, indigestion, body pain, fever, dry skin diseases and pregnancy”, ghee that increases “memory power”, intellect and digestion, and lemon pickle that “improves your immunity level and helps the human body develop resistance against infectious agents”. Such claims rely not on the credulity of Indian consumers but on deep and widespread … Read more
Frederic Aranda is a photographer specializing in group portraiture. His work has twice been selected for Portrait of Britain, with both his winning images standing out for their dramatic feel and quirky composure. Aranda works against the grain. His images shirk traditionally hierarchical, staid forms of group portraiture, and aim for naturalism and diversity. Aranda … Read more
Blending tradition with modernity, Forevermark, the diamond brand from the De Beers Group of Companies, has launched the Traditional Setting Collection. In this type of setting, the gold encases the diamond allowing only the table to be visible and is a classic setting, which is popular in South India. This collection is perfect for the … Read more
A traditional horse racing competition has been held at Satkhira’s Ashashuni upazila Friday evening. A total of seven horses along with equestrians from Satkhira, Khulna and Jashore have participated in the competition, which took place at Pirojpur Bil under the upazila’s Khajra union. In the race, the horse named “Bangabir” from Satkhira came first, while … Read more
With more couples choosing to live together before they get married, the traditional wedding gift list is often redundant. The average UK wedding now costs more than £27,000, so who wants an extra toaster, new kettle or spare bread-maker when what you really need is some help with funding your honeymoon? It’s fair to say that Prince … Read more
A special evening of poetry and traditional Irish music presented by Stephen James Smith and Macdara Yeates as part of MusicTown 18. The evening features artists, poets, Stephen James Smith, Felispeaks, John Cummins and musicians Eithne Ní Chatháin (Inni-K) Eoghan ó Ceannabháin (Jiggy, Aon Teanga) and Macdara Yeates, in an intimate, unplugged performance. Building on … Read more
Nowadays, people are more likely to check the time on their phone than to look over at a clock. But even with these ubiquitous (and multitasking) digital timepieces, it’s not uncommon for homes to feature a tall, stately grandfather clock. The classic “tick-tock” noise is just too cozy to give up. But grandfather clocks weren’t … Read more
It’s just possible that the old painting you picked up at a car boot sale could pay for your next holiday! New research from insurance company Direct Line found that one in six of us has unwittingly given away high-value items to friends, charity shops and jumble sales, only to realise they were valuable when it was too late. … Read more
As specialists in reviving vintage pieces, gilder Clare Mosley and her husband Mark Bicknell had the ideal skills to restore a ravaged Georgian house in south London The gilder Clare Mosley and her husband Mark Bicknell, who works in publishing, spent years living in Paris before they bought their eighteenth-century house in south London in … Read more