On behalf of some of the world's most intelligent creatures, may I be allowed to say - HA BLOODY HA!
Tourists are turning their backs on Iceland because the country is
resuming commercial whalin
On Wednesday, November 1, Japan's annual dolphin slaughter was covered on the Japan Times front page in an article, by Boyd Harnell, headed, "Dolphin kill dogged by mercury, activists."
Neither of us here at Hummingbird consider ourselves particularly naive (we're well-travelled and have a long-established interest in wildlife), but even we were shocked when we discovered the
October 18th 2006
The day Habeas Corpus died in the USA
"Today, 135 years to the day after the last American President (Ulysses S. Grant) suspended habeas corpus, P
The latest edition of Ryanair's in-flight magazine is recommending a
visit to Pamplona's cruel bullrun as a holiday idea. The magazine's
front cover is filled with a photo of people taunting bulls a
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Off to the beautiful Cayman Islands any time soon?
Lucky you. It sounds quite a wonderful place - sun, se
An interesting article by John Roach for 
Hearty congratulations to the brave, bright whalers of the tiny wildlife-haven of Iceland for sticking two
More and more aircrews (and general travellers, of course) are going to Shanghai as airlines access the n
Thinking about booking a summer holiday? Thinking about the Mediterranean islands that maKe up Malta?
Off to Portugal's Algarve for a quick break? Here's an excellent 'It matters how you spend you
I was on my way home from a Miami night-stop very recently, and began chatting with one of my colleag