Will Books Survive?
Posted by charles in People, Self Development on 30. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
Two points of note - I went to the Apple Store near where I live to enquire about buying the new iPad. ‘No chance,’ said the sales person with a smile. ‘We sold out of all our stock in just 15 minutes.’ A couple of days before, I was told that Borders, the major bookseller, was [...]
Amazing People and Places
Posted by charles in Cities, London, New York, Paris, Places on 17. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
As I travel around, I search for places where people have done amazing things. In Paris, I went to Montmartre where Edith Piaf amazed people, as her emotional voice resonated through the streets. I then went to the Eiffel Tower, developed by Gustave Eiffel, and looked down on the Arc de Triomphe commissioned by Napoleon [...]
Travel Through Time
Posted by charles in Cities, Countries, Life Stories, Places on 08. Mar, 2011 | 0 Comments
I enjoy travelling through time and writing about the amazing people that I meet. For example, I went to Stratford on Avon, England and walked around the house where William Shakespeare was born. Afterwards, I wrote up what I thought he would have said to me about his life. That is what I mean by travelling [...]
Coffee Shop Stories
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, London on 01. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
Walk through any shopping centre or city street and you will see people in coffee shops. They have become the great meeting places of our age. But, who started the craze? Edward Lloyd was the man who got things going in London. An immigrant from Turkey told him about the coffee habit in his country. Lloyd, [...]
