Remember when you were a youngster and you drew a new country – Jonville – in your parent’s atlas? No? Well you missed out. I did and my imaginary country was amazing. But that’s all it was. Amazing and imaginary. It never actually became a...

It’s the summer, and chances are that, right now, your thoughts are turning to holidays, with all of the indolent ease, languor and sheer carefree bliss that they entail.  Unless you’re standing in a branch of WH Smith and gazing at a magazine stand consisting of...

Postcards.  They’re not honest enough.  Here are seven reasons why. 1.  Blackpool.  This is what a holiday in Blackpool actually looks like.  I’ve been there.  Many times.  Other postcards may not show this, but forewarned is forearmed.2.  Bondi...

There’s so much to think about when choosing your holiday read and so much can go wrong.  Here are seven reasons that you should do it carefully.1. The Cover. People say you should never judge a book by its cover. But they do. Which is why everyone who sees...

A few weeks ago, you may remember Liz Gregory telling us why Summer was great. There was so much agreement with her in the 7 Reasons HQ that we just had to get her back on the sofa. Thankfully, Liz was only too keen to make a reappearance. And this time she’s...

We didn’t make this – the internet sent it to us, and jolly good it is too.  If we were in the habit of coming up with an eighth reason we could add that we’re not French.   But we don’t come up with an eighth reason.  That’s not our...