Corfu: A Shop Window

Sweden - A Cashless Society?

From Maddy Savage, BBC News - The Swede leading the way to a cashless society

Like Greece?

An old comedy song: "Do you like the Greece?"

The kamaki has cast his fishing line...and that's his chat-up line with every new Miss, Mademoiselle or Fräulein tourist crossing his path.

Antonis Kalogiannis in an unusually light-hearted mood.

Weymouth: The Most Beautiful Small Town in the UK; Condé Nast Traveler

Weymouth is at No 1 in Condé Nast Traveler

and..."the seaside town of Weymouth is perfectly situated in the middle of the Jurassic Coast, a UNESCO Heritage-listed stretch of coastline".

In another report: National wellbeing survey finds Weymouth and Portland is 10th most unhappy place to live, Dorset Echo

Beautiful town, unhappy people? Hard to square or reconcile...

Britain's Ten Best Islands?

From The Telegraph

An Old Friend Writes about Having a Stroke

"The bomb that went off in my head", by Ian Whitwham, The Guardian.