Should airline passengers who are late to board be fined? Rather a lot of people in a recent survey seem to think so. Men seem to be more intolerant than women, on the issue of late comers. (They are likely to have been tarrying in the duty free, rather than arriving late at the airport… Continue reading →

I have often stayed in hotels with nothing to watch on TV. Invariably I have a book or magazine in my luggage although I was once in Germany with nothing to read at all — I had to buy the latest Jeremy Paxman, at a premium, when I could have had is three books for… Continue reading →

In 2009 the Belgian city of Ghent, famous for its gastronomy, became the first city in the world to become vegetarian at least once a week. Ghent, one of Europe’s 370 “climate cities”, is making every Thursday a meat-free day, encouraging local people to turn to vegetables that day. This was a pioneering first step… Continue reading →