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 …
ITALIAN CUISINE
Italian cuisine may be one of the most recognised and loved in the world. It is often imagined as a collection of ancient recipes and …
LECH WALESA
I thought that this letter from the Former President of Poland, Lech Walesa, to Donald Trump was worth publishing in its entirety. I can’t vouch …
DRONE WARFARE
The advent of drone warfare as a major part of the Ukraine war with Russia has turned modern conflict, and the weapons we have traditionally …
TEXTILE WASTE
The level of textile waste in the world is truly staggering; 85% of the 100 billion items of apparel produced by the textile industry EACH …
SACRIFICIAL LAMBS
We need “sacrificial lambs”. I have to comment on the fiasco that occurred in the Oval Office of the White House during the visit …
A CONCORDE AND A SPITFIRE
I came across the photo of a Concorde and a Spitfire, above, and perhaps for the first time, was awestruck by the speed of technological …
WASSAILING
I encountered the remnants of Wassailing a few years ago in Tolpuddle, Dorset, U.K. I was looking for a cup of coffee during a trip …
UNDERSEA THREAT
I started to document Vladimir Putin’s undersea threat to communication and power cables a few blogs ago, but I had no idea of the extent …
AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE
An interesting perspective I read this week and thought was worth repeating. I’m not sure quite why I thought it was interesting but maybe some …