Pride Milano is one of the oldest gay marches in Italy and today’s march is against homophobic violence. Link to gallery is here

Had a wonderful lunch today at the Mehfil in Southall. I simply love this place! I’ve been several times and the quality of service and food offered always exceed my expectations. I used to stay at the hotel often before moving back to London and is a great place to stay, ultra clean and very comfortable and by train is just 12 minutes away from Paddington.
At the Restaurant the food is really fresh with great flavours and service is very attentive, no matter if you go for a vegetarian or meat dish they are just divine!

The Market is situated in London’s upmarket Notting Hill. Along the winding roads, a row of neat pastel establishments greet you on arrival. This street wears a distinctive ‘European look’ as opposed to the big city rush London generally displays.

One of the antique shops at Portobello Market on January 16, 2010 in London, England. Portobello traders fear for the Market’s future after Lipka’s Antiques Arcade, where more than 150 traders had their stalls, was redeveloped to accommodate to the large High street chain store AllSaints. The picture gallery is here.

An interesting article

Google Inc. posted a stunning blog on Tuesday, announcing cyber attacks and censorship were forcing the Internet giant to consider shutting down its website and offices in China.
Thousands of blogspots, search results and websites, including Google’s video-sharing site YouTube, remain inaccessible in China as the communist leadership tries to prevent social discontent against its rule from spreading through online data and opinions.
Facebook and Twitter are still blocked since ethnic riots erupted in northwest Xinjiang last July.

When Google launched in China in 2006, the company agreed to limit content under Chinese censorship rules, but could not effectively compete with China’s top search engine Baidu that will gain most from its exit.

The Christmas season isn’t over yet, at least not for everybody — if you’re a member of an Orthodox church, the 25th of December was just another cold winter day in fact  Orthodox Christians around the world are today celebrating their Christmas, with a key service in Moscow. Here is an image of the Nativity Service held  in London.

The number of Orthodox Christians around the world is estimated to be about 300 million, with huge followings in central and eastern Europe. It is the second largest Christian church behind Roman Catholicism.