Anyone new to learning English will be delighted to hear that we have a simple little word, ‘fast’, which means moving rapidly, and we have another little word, ‘fast’, [...]
Last week I touched on the subject of talking animals – specifically a bilingual parrot, who had gone away to learn Spanish. It was never intended to become a running theme but then inspiration [...]
Interesting item on the news this week about a bunch of camel owners in Saudi Arabia who’d been caught cheating in a beauty contest. We should have more news like this. It makes a [...]
If you enjoy pain, and are tired of listening to Florence and the Machine, try putting a staple into your finger by mistake. On the Richter Scale of agony, it ranks a couple of places above [...]
Three weeks ago The Washington Post reported that the Trump administration had banned one of America’s most important health organisations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [...]
