Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Chadwick Media:
Anne Kirkbride Dies Age Sixty Coronation Street star Anne Kirkbride, who played the character Deirdre Barlow in the television soap, has died aged sixty after a short illness.  The actress who was in the show…

Originally posted on Nomadic Gringo:
When I first arrived in Rio I was amazed how ever block had at least 2 different pharmacies, and they were always busy. But as I have come to spend more and more time around…

Originally posted on Lily on Sabbatical:
? In a few weeks it will once again be time for what is possibly the most well-known celebration in Brazil: Carnaval. This is an annual festival held just before the period of Lent…

Originally posted on INCURABLE WANDERLUST:
Rocinha is the largest favela (shantytown) in Rio de Janeiro and South America. There are a lot of organised tours there now so you won’t have problems booking one at the last minute or when you…

Originally posted on Cherokee Gothic:
In an awesomely titled site called Goats and Soda, NPR looks at cool ways that people are making a difference around the world.  The story that caught my eye is called “MTV Pimps Cars, Brazil…

Originally posted on Being 42:
Monday 19th January 2015, 12.55pm (day 1,243) The Watchtower is the magazine with the largest print run in the whole world, some 53,000.000 copies each month, apparently. All distributed for free. (Though it seems even the…