Rant of the day

THE 2012 PROJECT (2) Today I managed to find my apple expert; he was hiding out under one of his many apple trees. He told me: a) that I...

THE LOCAL CINEMA (3) Things are going well in the local cinema . We have introduced some new ideas (earlier opening times for children...

IRON WINDOWS We - and many other Danes - have lots of iron "stall windows" in the barn (see below). The frames are made of cast-...

NEIGHBOURS (4) Last night was the annual street party with our neighbours . This year it was held in the workshop of the man who dug our o...

THE DANISH GENERAL ELECTION (2) After failing to get agreement on his "growth package" designed to kickstart the moribund Danish...

THE 2012 PROJECT I spent most of the afternoon chasing round my home town, looking for an apple farmer. His mother told me he was out in t...

DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN The prosecuting authorities in New York have asked the judge to drop the criminal case against former IMF chief Dom...