Happy Christmas to all my readers from a wintry Berlin! I hope you’re enjoying a stress-free break and indulging yourself a little, just like me

To end the week, I just wanted to share this with you – it’s a rather forceful Youtube video by George Takei (Sulu from Star Trek), who calls out the US school governor Clint McCance, who suggested on Facebook that young gays and lesbians should kill themselves – yes, seriously…  Needless to say, George, who in […]

I thought I should tell you that from tomorrow afternoon I will be in Austria’s Tyrol region for eight days, then spending four days in Bavaria in Germany before heading home on 4 October. I’m hoping to have an internet connection very soon after my arrival so I should be able to continue blogging while […]

I wish all my readers in the USA a very happy Independence Day. I’ve found a fitting little video from PES, using stop animation and candy, that is entirely appropriate given how big you folks are on firework displays at this time of year. Very best wishes to all of you over the water!