Dede Sophie

I just spent a fun time in vegan Madrid, mostly thanks to the fact that this is one European city where vegan and travel are perfectly aligned – the vegan Spanish food is done so well here that no one can say you are missing out and aren’t eating authentic Spanish food. Literally, I can’t stress this enough, the vegan meats, cheeses and fish that I had in Madrid were so authentic, so convincing and so much like the ‘real’ thing I often had to triple check that the foods were vegan (which is hard when you don’t speak Spanish).  I went to Spain five times as a non-vegan and had my fair share of authentic Spanish food, let me tell you, it’s almost impossible to tell the difference between vegan Spanish food and non-vegan Spanish food in Madrid in terms of quality and authenticity. If you’re looking for an authentic Spanish gastro holiday, you’ve found it. And for those of you that don’t want to be reminded of the taste of meats, c...

The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is the first foreign leader to address the Papua New Guinea  National Parliament since independence. He was ushered into the chamber this morning and seated at the right side of Speaker Job Pomat. The Australian Prime Minister was allowed to address the House under a provision of the Parliament Standing Orders as a special guest. Australian Prime Minister Albanese addresses PNG Parliament [Photo by NBC News] In his speech, the Labor leader says it is a great honour for him to speak to the members and people of this nation. He reaffirmed the Australian Government’s commitment in key areas of health, education, trade and security, and others. Prime Minister James Marape welcomed Mr. Albanese and said his visit to the country will enhance the peculiar history both nations shared. Mr. Marape also acknowledges the Australian Prime Minister’s recognition of our shared past and highlighted many issues that both nations need to address ...

Join us as we visit our last garden of the year and of course it is my favourite English garden – RHS Wisley, to me the home of modern British horticulture. Of course I love Kew too, but it is truly a butt-pain to visit, unless the Royal gardens can provide me with a special parking permit. Anyway, we spent the best part of the day with a camera and the key parts have been stitched together for this extended video. You may have caught one or two of the of the videos we have published that are included here but this time you can just sit and watch the whole experience in one go without trying to find all of the other parts. If you would like to see more content like this then pop over to our YouTube channel ‘Walking Talking Gardeners’. It is also free and you will have the pick of any of the videos we have published over the past year. While you are there why not support our channel by subscribing? It is absolutely free and you can be notified of whenever we publish a n...