Country ways

The two perennial bugbears of the countryside are dogshit and dumping. I will spare you the former, for […]

Now that winter’s here

The Isle of Wight is, I believe, the closest that the UK gets to the Mediterranean. You can […]

Virtual reality (VR) is hardly new, nor experimental. Aircraft pilots and ships’ crews have been training in VR […]

I get a lot of press releases, but few are as strange and fascinating as that from MJ […]

“Lonely Planet’s Instant Expert. A Visual Guide to the Skills You’ve Always Wanted.” by Nigel Holmes Lonely Planet […]

Two years after Lance Armstrong finally admitted to having systematically and for many years cheated by doping, he […]

How long is your working week? According to press reports, UK workers average 42 hours or more; according […]

Why are governments so obsessed with spending, budgets, and accounts? Most have taken to frequent announcements of intended […]

Switching from print to blog is a big step. Not only have I lost my editor, or rather […]