The Eskimos have 50 words for it; we have but one: snow, derived from the Old English ‘snaw’. And that, you would think, should rule out any ambiguity about a forecast of ‘heavy [...]
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of philosophical stuff from the mouths of Native Americans. People like Geronimo, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse and Black Elk. And aside from making me wish that [...]
Batey, Nimmo, Guyler, Griffiths, Hatton, Jarman, Jacobi… If your name happens to be Derek, you have a statistically higher chance of becoming famous than if you’re called Gilbert. And [...]
