I created the “Connecting the Dots” blog site to investigate and interpret a global range of topics from an international, and personally quirky, perspective.
My topics in “Connecting the Dots” include politics, the environment, fun issues, social issues and anything else that catches my attention. I hope you enjoy them, and will join me through your comments.
I inaugurated the “GOLDEN FLEECE AWARD” some time ago, which rewards the most stupid, inept, criminal and just plain dumb activities of public officials and others, everywhere. I have now added another award, the “GOLDEN EAGLE AWARD”, which celebrates remarkably positive activities of public officials and others. I would appreciate your help in identifying great examples of both.
Custard powder makes a delicious dessert but also has a rather less savoury potential – in certain conditions, it can be a powerful explosive. …
Did you know that elephants hate bees? Around the world, spreading farmland is increasingly overlapping with elephant habitats, often resulting in dangerous interactions, as …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. As we endure the deluge of changes that Donald Trump is inflicting on us on an hourly basis, we have to …
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 may be one of the most recognised and loved in the world. It is often imagined as a collection of ancient recipes and …
