After a refreshing sleep in Stanley (away from the road) I got the maps out and started to plan the trip properly. I had traversed three quarters of the world in about three quarters of the time, though I had my biggest landmasses to come. The ancien[…]

I was not a huge football fan as a kid. And anyway, my parents were not the sort to go overboard on elaborate birthday cakes. Therefore I have never eaten a football cake, either one decorated like a football, or a football pitch. Toying with the ide[…]

I am sure if not certain that someone has done some work on this somewhere, but it strikes me that there is clearly a line to be drawn between elections and football teams. In particular the colours worn by football teams and the colours which repres[…]

In fact, with only 49 days to go until you know what starts, EVERYTHING is going football crazy, even the pictures, not that you’d know yet from the curzon website, but according to fourfourtwo there is to be an festival of football films from […]

Tootling round the University of London site trying to find something useful, I came across the website of the Institute Of Philosophy part of the School Of Advanced Studies. Nicely designed I thought. And then I noticed: instead of an Upcoming Event[…]

I went into a Wetherspoon’s last night. Something I now rarely do (outside of airports). This one, The Asparagus in Wandsworth, was as bog standard as most. And indeed the standard of the bogs belied the name of the pub. I have not been in pub […]

The rest of the world must be looking upon Wales as “that country where England go to play sport”. Not just happy to host the FA Cup yet again, it appears that the Sophie Gardens cricket ground in Cardiff is to not only get test status, b[…]

One of the problems of long running series is a tendency to repeat itself. And it is a tendency inherent in the plot munching behemoth that is 24. Now into its fifth series it is running out of major terrorist threats to inflict upon Los Angeles: hav[…]

Ah, Luddite: such a useful phrase, so divorced from its origins. Writing the previous piece I found myself using Luddite again with only a sketchy knowledge of its real meaning. Part of me sensed that the anti-technological or technophobia aspect did[…]

Lighting to be revolutionised by organic light-emitting-diodes. Not only will these new lights be flat and heatless, thus able to place on almost anything, but the light will be “more natural” and potentially 100% energy efficient. Sounds[…]