Christchurch February 2011 I've just returned from a scientific conference in Christchurch (NZ). It has been at least 10 years si...

Go, Shagger! The wheel is a ubiquitous tool in the human world and it is inconceivable to imagine how the modern world could function...

Sitting in a bar having drinks with a friend, I casually pointed to two old drunks sitting across the bar from us and said: "Tha...

Flaxen in a moment of clarity- but only in the right eye For continuity and sanity, you are recommended to read this and this and th...

1865-1936. A man who served the Empire. Good man, that Kipling. Back in 1995 Rudyard Kipling was voted Britain 's favourite po...

Anyone reading my mixture will no doubt be aware of my stance when it comes to religion. I detest all religions with a passion and co...

I had hoped to post something sensible today, but 'real life' and events intervened and made me relinquish my steady, fixed g...