Rant of the day

CYCLING WEATHER The best cycling weather is probably hot and dry; you do exercise and get a tan at the same time (well, on bits of your bo...

U.K. HOUSING POLICY (2) In my earlier post , I pointed out that the already crowded U.K. is likely to get even more so during the course o...

ROGER FEDERER (2) The Fedster is back. Tonight, playing in his 100th tour final, he beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets to win his 70th...

LOCAL RULES There was a lot of discussion about local rules at this year's neighbourhood street party . Things have now moved from dis...

ARAB DEMOCRACY (5) Egypt, the most populous country in the Arab world, has become the litmus test of the Arab Spring. Western-oriented Tun...

LOCAL CUSTOMS The village where I live has a village hall. Five or six times a year, the locals are invited to eat together in the hall. T...

GAY MARRIAGE Denmark has a state Lutheran church. In other words, the state owns all of the buildings, employs and pays the priests, and t...