Rant of the day

THE E.U. BUDGET The E.U. Budget is both small and big. Small, since it represents just over 1% of Member States' collective national i...

BRANSTON PICKLE (2) Branston pickle is one of my favourites. I sometimes have dreams that if I ever bought a major company, it would be t...

WOLF HALL (2) Hilary Mantel's book Wolf Hall was a brilliant book that won a lot of prizes, including the Man Booker award. I have ju...

ITALIAN PROBABILITY As a mathematician, I have a pretty good understanding of probability. In particular, I understand that probability is...

DROPBOX I have admitted that I am not the world's best at using an iPad. And since Apple will soon release a new version, and Microso...

SCOTLAND (2) In my earlier post on Scotland, I said that there was a tension between the devolved Government in Edinburgh, led by the ind...

ISLAM AND EUROPE At a time when many Europeans are suspicious of, if not downright hostile to, Muslims, it is worth remembering how much t...