Fourth writing prompt – 9 December 2020 The gauntlet was thrown down by www.janeishly.com. The challenge to pick a word from her teabag...

Hildegard 1 (forgive me for reducing you to this if you happen to be reading) was the first Hildegard I had ever met.

Second writing prompt, 7 December The gauntlet was thrown down by www.janeishly.com. The challenge to pick a word from her teabag of the...

The 15-minute writing challenge The gauntlet was thrown down by www.janeishly.com. The challenge to pick a word from her teabag of the...

Translation, as we all know, or certainly should know, is more than the act of transferring a word from one language into another....

It's important for hedgehogs to have somewhere warm and cosy where they can sleep if they are to survive hibernation.

Had a work-free weekend at long last. If you want to keep going like that Duracell bunny, it's important to make sure your batteries are...

I'm probably not telling you anything new here, but Germany has palaces and castles galore. The most famous is, of course,...

Bronnbach Monastery is an interesting place. It was founded by Cistercian monks in 1138 and enjoys a very secluded location in the Tauber...

The marketing copy you write targets your German-speaking audience. Your ideas, language and concept are all created with that in mind. A...

Does this rose make you think of iron bridges? No? Hardly surprising really. It is a beautiful old-fashioned looking rose with the most...

Folly at Studley Royal water gardens in Yorkshire.

Astonishing. Powerful. Mystical. Rising from the ground like the legendary creatures they are, these Kelpies in Falkirk, Scotland fair domin

Two heads are better than one. Translator + proofreader = dream team. Email me and ask me why.

I’m working hard here. Seriously! I know what you’re thinking. That’s not work! But it is. Honestly. One of my specialisations is...

We’ve all seen it. We’ve all grown up with it. It’s in the waiting rooms of doctors, dentists and dieticians. Mothers, fathers, aunts and...

New discoveries are sometimes just happy accidents. Take the colour mauve, for example. On the search for a new medicine to cure...

We all know how important bees are for pollination. But did you know that a third of everything we put into our mouths – fruits,...

Picture this: You have an exciting new event coming up. You send your beautifully crafted brochure, flyer and cover letter to a...

On the whole, the British don’t like to complain. They’d prefer to rub a dirty knife on a napkin rather than ask the waiter to bring a ...

The Bürgerhaus (Burgher House) is the oldest brick building in Buxtehude. There's no knowing its age for certain but it seems likely it...

The old market hall and former brewery in Buxtehude was built in 1912/13. It used to brew two different types of beer - the Buxtehuder...

A lot of people in Germany think that Buxtehude is a fictional place, especially those down south and are always quite surprised to find...

Travel anywhere on Anglesey and you’ll see mystical megaliths and ancient monuments dotted all over the countryside. Surprisingly for...