Queen Elizabeth always packs THIS old-fashioned item when travelling abroad

Queen Elizabeth, 91, is the most well-travelled monarch in British history, having visited over 120 countries during her reign. Ever since taking the throne in 1952, she has been to most countries on state visits to encourage good relations with the UK. Whilst there are some she has yet to visit due to personal or […]

Welcome to Miami: Wonderful wildlife, sunshine and old-fashioned grandeur

I was staying at the historic Biltmore hotel, a nostalgia-filled gem situated 12 miles from Miami’s raucous South Beach in the serene neighbourhood of Coral Gables. Built in 1926, it’s renowned for its famous guests, from Judy Garland to Bing Crosby, Kim Kardashian to President Obama. Notorious gangster Al Capone even committed one of his […]

How an 111 year-old brand is trying to make old-fashioned greeting cards relevant for millennials

Since American Greetings went private in early 2013, it has pivoted to a new strategy, focusing on making greeting cards relevant in a digital age. It has done so by adopting an empathy-laden approach, focused on millennial consumers. The brand has encouraged meaningful conversations including tough or uncomfortable situations like infertility, for example, and also dabbled in live events A […]

Bob Bates starts an old-fashioned text adventure game called Thaumistry

Bob Bates, a veteran of 45 games developed, has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a new text adventure called Thaumistry: In Charm’s Way. The title is part of the wave of games that appeal to the nostalgia of players who grew up on old school text adventures. “With the resurgence of interest in text […]