Posts By Charlotte King
- Travel
A trans-Siberian packing list
Yes, it was the trip of a lifetime: a five-night train journey all the way from Beijing to Moscow, via Mongolia. But...
- Lifestyle
The vegan complex
I sometimes wish I’d never started thinking about food. There’s a glorious forgetfulness, a cast-aside-your-worries attitude to stuffing your face with cereal,...
- Featured
Save the planet! Buy ugly apples!
And you thought that you were prejudice-free. Yes you, with your Friends of the Earth mug and your cotton sandals. You may...
- Featured
Five unusual new year resolutions worth keeping
So you haven’t kept up that dieting / detox / superfoods-eating promise you made to yourself in the wee hours of 1...
- Books
The trouble with Tesco: reviewing Tescopoly
The problem with Andrew Simms’ book is this: he never once justifies the title. Tescopoly devotes its tiny wrath to kneecapping the...
- Books
The Magic of Reality: an atheist’s bible?
Random House have wasted no time in converting Dawkin’s The Magic of Reality (released September 2011 in the UK) into an iTunes app. The...
- Film
Brave: a feminist’s review
This film left a whisky-warm taste. In many ways Brave – Pixar’s latest animated offering about a Scottish princess who doesn’t fit...
- Books
Bye bye American dream: Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’
This is a grisly book – which means, if you enjoy Stephen King, you’re in for a treat. I’d heard a...
- Entertainment
A real scoop: reviewing The Newsroom
HBO’s The Newsroom is a paint-by-numbers peep into How the News Should Work, and this makes it a compelling series. This, despite the...
- Books
Kindlephobia: Throwing the book at e-haters
Kindlephobia. It would be endearing, in a dad-like sort of way, if it wasn’t so BORING. Seriously? People still mind the fact...