BBC World Service ~ still one of the best ways of monitoring world events. Radio, TV, laptop or phone.
World Time Zones ~ extremely useful when planning trips, setting timetables, being in the right place at the right time, worldwide.
The Home Office
~ British government department dealing with passports, crime, immigration and more.
The Foreign Office ~British Government Department dealing with foreign affairs, embassies and providing up to date travel status
reports, country by country. A must see ... before you travel.
Foreign Exchange Rates ~ calculating what it costs, wherever you are, in whichever currency you need.
English PEN ~ worthwhile charity supporting writers worldwide in free speech, and promoting a greater understanding through literature.
Holds events, runs writing courses for prisoners in British prisons, campaigns for human rights.
Travel Health ~ good for checking out what you need to stay healthy in all those out of the way places.
Release ~ a charity that provides a range of services dedicated to meeting the health, welfare and legal needs of drugs users and those who live
and work with them.
Prisoners Abroad ~ a well-resepcted charity that provides support for Britons imprisoned overseas, their friends and families in the UK
and helps ex-prisoners returning to the UK.
The Royal Society of Literature ~ a long-standing literary organisation which provides information on lectures, readings and campaigns
on behalf of the writer and the written word.