I see the House of Commons has changed the name of their Spotted Dick to Spotted Richard, in order to avoid embarrassing people. The etymology of Spotted Dick Whilst the first part of the name is self-apparent – the dessert… Read More ›
For each of these booklets you can add them to your bookmarks/favourites, download them to your computer or print double-sided and fold to form a booklet. They are published under a Creative Commons License, allowing free distribution as long as… Read More ›
I was watching a movie last night and wondered, for the umpteenth time, why foreign baddies speak English to each other in movies. Why not speak their own language with subtitles? And in movies like the Book Thief, which is… Read More ›
—- to follow your dreams or to start or stop doing something. I can remember watching Wally Hayward complete the Comrades Marathon, a 90km South African ultra-marathon, when he was 81 years old. I believe you are never too old… Read More ›
I have recently gone from my natural light brown hair colour to blonde, which is the colour I have been for most of my adult life. but when I was sorting through old passports and photographs in preparation for my… Read More ›
On Thursday, to commemorate the start of the 2018 Football World Cup, Sweden’s Aftonbladet newspaper dropped 4373 footballs over a central Stockholm square, to commemorate (!) that it has been 4373 days since Sweden has played in a men’s Football… Read More ›
