Hobbies
Crossword No. 94
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]
Hobbies
Hobbies
A Night in the Land of the Lucky
Autumn 2014 So this was the plan. I was doing a Eurail circuit of France, and while in Dijon wanted to include a day or two in nearby French-speaking Switzerland. But because I was on [more…]
Animals
Arts
Postcard from Lille, Part 40
Later on, I was sent to International Business School to brush up, get myself up to date, match my experiences to theory and get some of (what I now know to be) ‘competences and resources’ [more…]
Arts
Dill and Coriander Gravlax
Here’s a recipe for that can be used for Christmas – we use it all the year round. I prefer Gravlax to smoked salmon – it’s cheaper and very moreish. I always wait until the [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 93
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a GP mug of your choice, or GP beer mats. Email entries to me by 6.00 pm tomorrow subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Last weeks’ winner. [more…]
19th Century
When Popes Took Coke
The rise and fall of coca wine Coca leaves have been used as a stimulant in South America for over a thousand years, especially in the Andes to overcome the fatigue of living and working [more…]
Arts
Postcard From Zakynthos (Outtake)
As I pointed out in my previous missive from Zakynthos, the weather for the Thursday of our Greek adventure wasn’t going to be anything to write home about (I’ve never let that stop me before) [more…]
Hobbies
A Beautiful Equation
Euler gave us this jewel which is regarded by many as the most beautiful equation in mathematics; it has both elegance and simplicity. It is comprised of five fundamental numbers and the operations of addition, [more…]