Rant of the day

BRIDGE (5) The biennial World Bridge Championships have been going on for the past two weeks in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. There are thre...

THE EURO CRISIS Notwithstanding politicians' understandable statements to the contrary, the most important thing to note about this we...

THE LOCAL CINEMA (4) I was the projectionist this evening at the local cinema . Columbiana. Not the greatest of films, but easy on the eye...

DIGGING (2) I am halfway across the barn, and have laid new pipes that stretch that far. So today I filled in the big trench that I had pr...

BICYCLE THEFT Virtually everybody in Denmark owns a bicycle. It's a very bike-friendly country, with lots of cycle paths, traffic ligh...

U.K. HOUSING POLICY The U.K. is - compared with (say) Denmark - a very crowded place. Or, at least, Southern England is. And the problem i...

THE RUGBY WORLD CUP (2) Perennial favourites New Zealand finally won the rugby world cup yesterday for the first time since the inaugural...