Rant of the day

MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES (4) Is there no end to the decline in interest rates ? I have today received a letter, telling me that the interes...

INDONESIA There's something more than slightly unsavoury about the recent executions in Indonesia. I understand the fact that the coun...

PINK (2) Despite my daughter's reservations , I still like Pink. I am in fact learning to play some of her songs on the guitar, so tha...

CITIZENSHIP Denmark is getting itself into a right pickle about foreigners. On the one hand, it is worried silly about asylum seekers, eco...

THE WARS OF THE ROSES 1420 marks the high-water mark of English influence on the continent of Europe. The famous battle of Agincourt in 14...

A.P.McCOY (4) The incomparable A.P.McCoy  retired this afternoon, after riding his last horse race at a packed Sandown Park. 20 years as ...

TRANSFER INCOMES (3) There are a lot of people in Denmark who are on transfer incomes , that is they are of working age, but are not worki...