Rant of the day

THE OLYMPICS (3) I am sitting here watching the opening ceremony for the London Olympics, and trying to recognise my son in the crowd (I h...

SEA BATHING Sea bathing in Denmark is not for the faint-hearted. It is like I remember my childhood holidays in Britain, with grey skies, ...

BURNING DESIRE Weeds get everywhere on our property. In amongst the stones in the yard, underneath the gravel in the driveway, everywhere....

BRADLEY WIGGINS (2) Bradley Wiggins became the first Englishman to win the Tour de France, when it finished in Paris this afternoon. As I ...

DENMARK AND NORWAY Denmark has been associated with Norway since at least the time of King Canute (he of the obsequious courtiers, who wer...

CRIME RATES The homicide rate in England and Wales is at its lowest for 29 years. Put simply, Brits are killing each other less often. R...

KILLER SNAILS The Iberian forest snail (" Arion Lusitanicus ", known popularly in Denmark as the killer snail) is a brown snail ...