Articles By: Ana

My grandfather used to call me storyteller when I was five years. Probably he said it only as a joke but I heard so many times that I started to believe I could create my own world. My passion was born then, and with it the need to pursue writing as a vital goal. I started writing travels and mysteries stories at the school. Personal issues took prominence in my pieces while I was studying Journalism in Madrid, Spain. Real news became the protagonists of my texts when I began my job in radios, newspapers and magazines. Nowadays, I write about people who come to London looking for personal development because it is exactly the reason that I have brought myself to the city. And after all this time, all I can say for sure is that I can be nothing but a storyteller.

Visa: The key to an ‘open’ city

Visa: The key to an ‘open’ city London is an open place if you have the key. But how high is the price? Flying from Seoul, South Korea, to London means 20 hours of flight and around £1000. To this, lets add £10,000 in overseas student fees for a master degree, £450 monthly for a flat and £100...
February 6th, 2010 | Guest Blog | Read More

Brick Lane: The Tower of Babel inside the market

Sunday morning on Brick Lane. A crowd struggle to walk in the narrow street full of curry flavour and Hindu music. People place second-hand clothes, jewels and some weird old objects on blankets on the ground and try to sell it. Several of them are not licensed and most of them are even not from UK....
January 25th, 2010 | Places | Read More

Feel the music: London Jazz Festival

We cannot speak about the UK without considering music and we cannot think about music without the London Jazz Festival. This event began in 1992 and celebrates its 17th anniversary this year. Southbank Centre is the primary location for the festival, it is running until this Sunday, 22nd November. There...
November 18th, 2009 | Music | Read More

How to send money abroad – what’s the best method?

Money. The word that makes the world go round. Finding the best way to send it from one part of the world to another can bring you closer to your loved ones. In fact, it is an important need of those who are living far from their families. Western Union has been working since 1851 connecting people as...
November 12th, 2009 | Getting Started | Read More

The Mother Earth calling – Native Spirit Festival in London

Human origins in a global world. Globalization builds up a new global village and London is the proof of it, mixing in the maze of streets over 1000 accents. However, people have generated a reaction to the global process, based on the love of one’s country and of nature. In fact, this feeling...
November 5th, 2009 | Art | Read More