• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
• Blade Runner (1982)
• Alien (1979)
• 12 Monkeys (1995)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Brazil (1985)
• Naked Lunch (1991)
• The Thing (1982)
• Children of Men (2006)
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)

So go ahead and watch then ones you may have missed. Top ten science fiction movies gives you an ardent fan’s take on why these films made it to the list.

Look up these useful listings of a variety of vacation ideas, where your pet can happily accompany you.

Top 10 UK dog-friendly destinations, including

• 4 of the best dog-friendly beaches  - Perranporth Beach in Cornwall, Embleton Bay in Northumberland, Pobbles Bay in Gower and Durdle Door at Dorset
• 3 animal-friendly accommodation – The Swan Hotel in Southwold, Fieldhead Hotel in West Looe and Trigony House Hotel in Thornhill, Scotland
• 2 best dog-friendly parks – Hampshire New Forest and Lake District, Cumbria
• 1 great dog-friendly pub – The Horse And Jockey in Chorlton Meadows

If you are looking only for excellent pet-friendly accommodation, here is a top-10 list. To find out why, visit Top Ten Pet Friendly Hotels -

• The Milestone Hotel, 1 Kensington Court, London
• Broadoaks Country House, Bridge Lane, Troutbeck, Windermere
• Ashdown Park Hotel & Country Club, Ashdown Park, Wych Cross, Forest Row
• The Bonham, 35 Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh
• Linthwaite House Hotel, Crook Road, Bowness-on-Windermere
• The Headland Hotel, Fistral Beach, Newquay
• The Two Bridges Hotel, Two Bridges, Princetown, Dartmoor
• Rye Lodge, Hilders Cliff, Rye
• Collingwood Arms Hotel, Main Street, Cornhill-on-Tweed
• Captains Club Hotel, Wick Ferry, Wick Lane, Christchurch

According to the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, conducted every year by the Office for National Statistics, the following are the highest paid employees in the UK. To know the exact range of pay, variations, and the percentile details, see Highest paid jobs in the UK 2011 and What do people get paid? The latest salary survey results.

• Head of major organisation
• Medical practitioner
• Senior national government official
• Aircraft pilot
• Dental practitioner
• Finance manager/chartered secretary
• Senior police officer
• Air traffic controller
• Mining/energy manager
• Business/financial broker

If you ‘re looking for the big adventure,
and gold is all that’s on your mind,
if all you want’s  someone to take your picture,
then I won’t waste your time.

See, maybe I’m too quiet for ya?
You probably never noticed me.
But if you’re too big to follow rivers,
how you ever gonna find the sea?

So follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’ll do the running for ya.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’ll move the mountains for ya.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’m here to keep you floating.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river,
river, river, yea.

(www.UKs10Best.com)

If all you want are answers to your questions,
and you can’t seem to find no love for free,
if you’re looking for the right direction,
then darling look for me.

See, I can make the load much lighter.
I just need you to confide in me.
But if you’re too proud to follow rivers,
how you ever gonna find the sea?

So follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’ll do the running for ya.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’ll move the mountains for ya.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’m here to keep you floating.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river,
river, river, yea.

(www.UKs10Best.com)

Wherever you’re standing
I will be by your side.
Through the good, through the bad,
I’ll never be hard to find.
So wherever you’re standing
I will be by your side.
Through the good, through the bad,
I’ll never be hard to find.

So follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’ll do the running for ya.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’ll move the mountains for ya.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river.
I’m here to keep you floating.
Follow me, I’ll be your river, river,
river, river, yea.

(www.UKs10Best.com)

Wherever you’re standing
I will be by your side.
Through the good, through the bad,
I’ll never be hard to find.

So many people have published the incorrect lyrics, we decided to publish the correct lyrics to River by Emeli Sandé (not Emily Sande or Emili Sande!)

So here are the top ten suggestions for you to make the most of your holidays within the UK, or elsewhere in the world. Your mantra could be “Get fit, have fun, see places”!

• Go kayaking in the Hebrides
• Have an adventure weekend in the Lakes
• Attend a fitness camp on the Isle of Wight
• Walk around Wales

• Go on an Olympic trek across London
• Participate in a triathlon camp in France
• Set a steady pace in New Zealand
• Go mountain biking in Italy
• Go swimming in the Caribbean
• Walk  in Germany

Get the complete details of how you can do all this – see health and fitness holidays 2012

• Financial services giant fined $25 million for hiding software glitch that cost investors $217 million.
• Computer system bugs cause Asian banking facilities’ downtime.
• Cash machine bug benefits customers by giving them extra money.
• Leading smartphones suffer an international blackout.
• Bugs in social networking app for tablet just hours after delayed release.
• 22 people wrongly arrested in Australia due to failures in new NZ $54.5 million courts computer system.
• 50,500 cars recalled after airbag-related software glitch.
• Recall of one million cars addresses fire and rollaway concerns.
• Telecoms glitch affects 47,000 customers’ meter readings and costs company NZ $2.7 million.
• Army computer glitches hinder co-ordinated efforts in insurgent tracking

From an English ex-pat leaving New York and getting back to England – things I’m most looking forward to about going back:

From a travel broadcaster and editor settled in Spain - What I most love about my country of origin

The Best of British ….

National Geographic’s pick of Top 10 Things to Do in U.K. Parks

• University of Cambridge
• University of Oxford
• The University of Edinburgh
• University College London
• Imperial College London
• The University of Manchester
• University of Glasgow
• The London School of Economics and Political Science
• The University of Warwick
• University of Southampton

• Bournemouth, Dorset
• Holkham, Norfolk
• Holy Island, Northumberland
• Porthcurno, Cornwall
• Croyde Bay, North Devon
• Great Bay, St Martin’s, Isles of Scilly
• Blackpool, Lancashire
• West Wittering, West Sussex
• Sinclair’s Bay, Caithness
• Abereiddi Blue Lagoon, Pembrokeshire

For variety, or if you would like it – a second opinion – here is the verdict from The Telegraph.

• Camusdarach, Mora
• Tywyn, Snowdoni
• Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire
• Porthminster beach, St Ives, Cornwall
• Hornsea, Holderness, Yorkshire
• Holkham Bay, Norfolk
• Sandwood Bay, Sutherland
• Abermawr, North Pembrokeshire
• Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Cleveland
• Woolacombe, Devon

So if you are planning a beach holiday, look up the above beaches, and additionally, UK’s Top 50 beaches, and this Good Beach Guide.

If you are planning on walking holidays as part of your ‘staycation’ this year, look up these preferred walks spread around the UK.

Rhossili Downs and Bay, Swansea
Brean Down, Somerset
Morte Point, Devon
Ringmore, South Devon

North Antrim coast, Northern Ireland
Penbryn Beach, Ceredigion
Blakeney Freshes, Norfolk
Orford Ness, Suffolk
Craster to Low Newton, Northumberland
Porthgain to Abereiddy, Pembrokeshire, Wales