Quite a lot of people from colder countries, eg in northern Europe, like to visit Portugal in the winter and early spring because it is warmer. However, this time of year in Portugal can also be cold and wet, so if you are looking for a sunshine holiday... (read more)

Your answer to this will depend on your taste. It will also depend to some extent on your native language, since poetry is hard to translate properly and so we will nearly always prefer poems in our own language. Of poems written in English, you can... (read more)

If you have never written a poem before, you may just like to write her or him a nice letter instead. It's easier to express yourself and just as romantic. But if you do want to try writing poetry, the best advice is probably to keep it simple. You don't... (read more)

Family has meant many different things throughout history and to different people around the world. Our word 'family' comes from the Latin word familia, which often had a specific legal meaning and could mean all the people that a paterfamilias... (read more)

In late January 2013 it was confirmed that the director of the 7th film will be JJ Abrams. Most fans are very happy with this choice as Abrams is very well known... (read more)

In Europe, the main areas to see the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights are in the northern parts of Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland (or most famously, Lapland, which is a part of Finland). You can also see them in Scotland and parts of northwest... (read more)

In ancient Greek the word meant 'beyond physics'. This has often been taken to mean 'beyond the physical' ie concerned with the spiritual or supernatural, but in fact originally the term probably referred to some writings of Aristotle that came after... (read more)

It can be, largely because with a hookah you carry on inhaling for much longer than you would with cigarettes. People tend to sit together and spend a lot of time smoking their hookah and chatting, and the amount of tobacco taken in is much greater than... (read more)

Business studies is considered a good foundation for a career in management in most industries, though as a graduate you wouldn't necessarily start at that level - in fact in these times new entrants can expect to start at the bottom in most jobs. But... (read more)

It looks like a new branch as the website isn't up and running yet, so of course you won't know for some time how successful it is and whether it will do as well as Tanya's Travel in other cities. However, it's a very busy sector with a lot of opportunities.... (read more)

Steve Jobs followed a number of different diets, starting from his student days. It has even been suggested that his company was named Apple because of his passion for fruit. He did follow a fruitarian diet at times, at others following a 'raw food'... (read more)

The four affirmations are these: 1 Tradition and family. The family is at the centre of Shinto and is seen as the main means of carrying on tradition, so most festivals etc are to do with family life. 2 The love of the natural world. Nature is seen as... (read more)

The original Eurodisney ran into trouble almost from the start. It opened in 1992 to great publicity, but didn't manage to get the visitor numbers or the profits it has predicted. The idea was also unpopular with many French people as they felt it was... (read more)

Your question is interesting, but not quite clear. Do you mean that you feel you don't have a human soul and want to have one? Or that you feel you would like, in some way, to 'own' the souls of others? In either case it sound as if there is something... (read more)

The full name of the FA Cup is the Football Association Challenge Cup and is the world's oldest association football competition. The first FA Cup was held in 1871. At the time there were 50 clubs in the association though only 15 of them applied... (read more)

2013 is already looking good for Nadal, as he has just won the doubles at the VTR Open in Chile, with his partner Juan Monaco. This is a... (read more)

These are two different questions. Even if life is hard you can still enjoy it, and 'easy' doesn't mean 'happy'. Yes, life is hard, and it's no use pretending otherwise. There are just so many things that can go wrong and so many things we have to get... (read more)

You simply click here to reach the home page. When you are here you can answer a question straight away, but to sign up you should go to the box a little way down on the right of the page (It says 'New To Qsponge?... (read more)

I'm not sure if I understand your question correctly. The WWE isn't a form of wrestling but a large US corporation - the full name is World Wrestling Entertainment inc. It promotes and puts on wrestling matches and other... (read more)

This can be hard to say for sure, so don't take the following as definitely proven. However, according to the C/Net website, tests measuring talk time found the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx to last longest with a total time of just under 20 hours. This was... (read more)