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 [...]
This week’s word is late in coming to you for one very good reason: I’ve been distracted. You know when you get a hair stuck in the back of your throat and you can’t shift it? [...]
Anyone who tuned in to the first episode of Gunpowder will, I’m sure, have been appalled by one of the early scenes, in which a young Jesuit priest was hanged, drawn and so-called [...]
