We the extra terrestrials came down to see for ourselves. But soon we put our flying saucers into reverse gear and departed, disappointed once again. We had hovered over the...
Nowadays few will remember the dance craze made popular by Chubby Checker based on moves likened to drying one’s back with a bath towel and squirming the feet on errant...
Yet there are antidotes for the blues. Sunrise and sunset (left), the dawn chorus, all-embracing music, the beauty of storytelling and art and also the counting of daily blessings however...
If some behaviour at the just-ended UN General Assembly was theatre of the absurd … make no mistake, it’s not unique to New York. It’s everywhere. During the 83rd birthday...
To escape from woeful international news there’s been the week’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. It throws up this reminder of another life … Moses the Masai warrior killed...
This old saying saves people like me trying to explain it and getting dragged into a snake pit of debate. (credit: Banksy Art) Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now. “How I...
It was a clever plan. The warring sides could meet for peace talks on a train straddling the border. The negotiating table in the dining car was to be bang...
“I would rather be cold under one blanket than warm under 10 blankets owned by the Anglo American Corporation.” Words drawn from the fight against colonialism in southern Africa....
It’s just days away on Saturday Aug 2. Get your diary out and make a plan. It’ll be worth it. It’ll be hot nostalgia on these chilly evenings. Grog and...
Two of them were betting on the Wimbledon final. The one whose barks and yelps favoured Jannik Sinner won five bucks.The third one didn’t show much interest but got...
