Rant of the day

DRONES We tend to think of drones as military bits of kit, that are used in far away places such as Afghanistan and Pakistan. However, tec...

ELECTRICIANS The electrician was here today as part of the kitchen project . Electricians have the most difficult job in a building projec...

GUY SCOTT White people in positions of political power in Africa are one of the rarest breeds on the planet. After the way in which the Eu...

BRIDGE (13) On Sunday I played in my first ever gold tournament. In Denmark, you get bronze, silver and gold points for winning various th...

MOVEMBER (3) I am growing a beard again, in order to be ready for Movember . Nothing unusual in that. Though I can already tell that the...

AFGHANISTAN (3) Britain has ended its combat operations in Afghanistan. Since the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, the U.K. has seen 140,000 sol...

BRITAIN AND THE E.U. (2) The sleepwalking to the exit scenario that I mentioned back in June looked a touch more likely today. That is be...