THE BALTIC STATES
We, in the United States, have little understanding, and even less real knowledge, of the constant, nagging fear that Russian aggression imposes of virtually all …
CUSTARD POWDER
Custard powder makes a delicious dessert but also has a rather less savoury potential – in certain conditions, it can be a powerful explosive. …
ELEPHANTS HATE BEES
Did you know that elephants hate bees? Around the world, spreading farmland is increasingly overlapping with elephant habitats, often resulting in dangerous interactions, as …
TULIPS
Few images are as indelible as the sight of new tulips bursting through the dark winter ground. In the Netherlands – the world’s largest exporter …
60 Minutes
The “60 minutes” program on CBS TV channel has been an icon of news reporting for over 40 years. It consistently has superior ratings, and …
BREATH OF FRESH AIR
Earlier this week my partner and I had a “breath of fresh air” experience of the type that seems to come along very rarely these …
ANCIENT GREEK SUPERCOMPUTER
An ancient Greek supercomputer sounds a little unlikely to put it mildly, but a discovery in a 2000-year-old shipwreck off the island of Antikythera in …
CLAUDE MALHURET
In many opinions the transcript of this speech by Claude Malhuret speaking to the French Senate on Tuesday March 4, 2025, will live forever in …
IN CASE WE FORGET
In case we forget. As we endure the deluge of changes that Donald Trump is inflicting on us on an hourly basis, we have to …
ENGLISH EXAM IN 1913
Three people sat the first Cambridge English exam in 1913. It is now taken by more than a million people a year all around the …