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Colin McRae

Alas, one of the world’s most spectacular rally drivers Colin McRae, and his young son, have lost their lives in a horrific helicopter accident. The

Anita Roddick

After the sad demise of Luciano Pavarotti, I heard about the equally sad departure from this earth of the Body Shop founder Anita Roddick yesterday.

Gun crime in the UK.

While not yet at US levels, gun crime in the UK appears to be on the increase. The recent shooting of an 11 year old

Darwin v the Bible

I seem to be hearing more and more about the conflict between the Darwin’s theory of evolution and how the Bible describes the way in

Blair’s other legacy

Many would have you believe that post-Blair Britain is a fabulous place. Many people have more money than they know what to do with and

Frank Zappa.

One of the people, Howard Wright, who posted a comment on my entry about traffic fines in Italy, and the infamous, now, invisible Pisa restricted

America and UK the violent

I followed in absolute horror what went on in the US the other day. The massacre had a more profound effect on me than the

What could have been

There is a lovely article in several online newspapers today.  Here is one.  Apparently, around 50 years ago the French (!) PM proposed, secretly, that