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Returning to the wilds to de-stress with ‘Wilderness Journeys’
Life in the city can be demanding at times and it’s quite common for an individual to be stressed at work. However, immersing yourself in nature could just be the answer to de-stress. “Just hang out in a forest and you’ll feel better, it’s as simple as that,” Hannah Harris the founder of Wilderness Journeys. [...]
Disciplined dance
It’s close to 9pm on a Sunday night and the cast and crew of the Arpeggio Creative Dance & Drama Academy (ACDDA) are hard at work at Sudarshi Hall. Leader of the troupe, Nilan Maligaspe draws aside one at a time to speak. It’s a very invigorating exchange with each student, who are filled with [...]
Boyzone to take a final bow with Asian farewell tour
Back in 1993, an aspiring music mogul Louis Walsh was calling for auditions to form a new Irish “boy band”. Hoping to create the next “Take That”, Walsh went through more than 300 audition tapes and voices before settling on five young men simply calling them “Boyzone.” Twenty five years later, Mikey Graham, Shane Lynch, Keith Duffy [...]
Celebrating Nelson Mandela Day
Mandela Day falls every year on July 18, the day anti-apartheid revolutionary and former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, was born. This year the day has deeper resonance as it marks the birth centenary of this charismatic figure. The United Nations asks individuals around the world to mark Nelson Mandela International Day by making [...]
Clean Bandit take the top spot of the UK singles
Clean Bandit have taken the top spot on the UK singles chart with ‘Solo’. The UK’s new No: 1 song features the vocals of the US singer Demi Lovato. ‘Solo’ is an EDM track with a pumping disco beat. It is the fourth chart topping song for the UK band after ‘Rather Be’ with Jess [...]