A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
Watching the run-up to the US mid-term elections, I realized we have witnessed a missed opportunity. In fact, we have missed this opportunity for many …
JAMES BOND
I saw James Bond sitting at the departure gate in Nice Airport when I was seven years old in 1983. This is the beginning of …
GOING FOR A BONG
I found the following story, “Going for a Bong”, intriguing and, in perhaps a rather bizarre way, fun. Yes, it is about the marketing of …
COWBOYS
The most enduring theme that Hollywood has produced throughout its history, and one of its most loved, is the myth of the American cowboy. Countless …
LONELY TOILET
A lonely toilet is the southern-most building in the British Isles. You might expect the southern-most building to be a crumbling castle, built to repel …
THE MULLET
The Mullet Festival is held every year in the small town of Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia. You might think, if you didn’t know better, …
King of Hay
The King of Hay reigned over his independent nation on the border between England and Wales from 1977 to his death in 2019: Forty-two years …
MANUAL TRANSMISSION
The demise of manual transmission in cars touches a very personal nerve with me. I own a 1946 MG TC and I’m damned if I’m …
JUST HOW THIRSTY ARE YOU
“Just how thirsty are you” might be the calling card of the most remote pub in the British Isles. The journey to the Old Forge …
BIG CATS
There is a man in England who has spent the past three decades trying to prove that big cats are prowling the green and pleasant …