Sadhbh Warren

Some of you may have noticed rustling in the bushes and strange noises on Twitter . Don't be alarmed. That's just my new business name, getting ready to emerge. While as a freelancer I'm lucky in having a distinctive and unusual name, being called Sadhbh comes with one big disadvantage.  No one can say it*. A small sample of the recent guesses made by people trying to work it out include Saba, Sadvie, Sadhabah, and, of course, “Yo, Irish”. Some resorted to changing my surname as firstname and calling me Warren. Others just stand there, twitching and wide-eyed like rabbit in the headlights, until I put them out of their misery and explain how to pronounce it. It's a very traditional Irish female name and actually pretty easy to say - like the number five, but with an "s" instead of an "f". It might look like the victi m of a tragic consonants shorta ge , but it trips off the tongue quite easily. Sive. But for those that don't know th...

Get married in Mauritius . Tie the knot in Tahiti . Have your special day in Fiji , Bali or even the North Pole . There's lots of information on where to have a destination wedding, but remarkably little on who should have one. Like a groom in a top hat or arriving at the church in a horse-drawn carriage, a destination wedding can be fun but it's not for everyone. So, should you consider one for your own nuptials? I've come up with a remarkably easy way to tell. Destination weddings have unusual drawbacks. (First off, a clarification. When I say destination wedding, I mean somewhere that you and most guests will need to fly to, or spend at least a day traveling - if you can get there and back in a few hours, while it may be a bit time-consuming, there's nothing to stop you popping out several times to check details and your guests from heading home to sleep in their own bed if they really want to.) Sit down with your partner and decide who are the "...