The Welsh are so different from the English, aren’t they? They like rugby, unlike the English. Apart from the passionate 90,000 who regularly pack Twickenham, and the grounds at Northampton and Leicester and Bath and Gloucester and one or two other places. The two nations definitely diverge on football, don’t they? No interest in the… Continue reading
Can solar lamps displace Kerosene in Africa by 2020?
One big joint social and environmental problem in the world can be solved relatively easily. I don’t mean solved in the sense of: “Oh, here is a really good idea that might just come off a few years from now if enough governments and people support it, and we are prepared to spend millions.” It’s… Continue reading →
Fast charging into the future as electric cars bypass range anxiety
Remember “range anxiety”? It used to be on every electric car (EV) detractor’s lips, or spoken in its long form, thus: “I wouldn’t buy one of those Nissan Leafs because I don’t want to run out of power in the middle of nowhere.” Two new words are now replacing the petrol head’s favorite anti-EV excuse…. Continue reading →
Gothenburg, clean, green city on Sweden’s western shore, with canals and monster cinnamon buns
This clean, green city on Sweden’s western shore (Goteborg in Swedish) is a comfortable introduction to Scandinavia. I took a short break and made a list of things to see and do. There are canals not so unlike Amsterdam’s, monster cinnamon buns, the world’s most exciting young orchestra conductor, bags of Swedish style, and taxi… Continue reading →
Nottingham – Ashes venue – scores all round the touristic wicket
Nottingham is the next stop in this big summer of sport. The Ashes cricket test match series, England against Australia, begins there on Wednesday, June 10, at the famous old ground by the River Trent. I made a fresh visit to an old haunt and found a Nottingham offering so much more – besides… Continue reading →
Croatia looks for a tourism pay-off as it joins EU
I saw my first prosthetic foot in Split in Croatia. It was towards the end of the 1990s, and the shocking, merciless Balkans war was only recently over. Young men in shorts, not attempting to hide their disability, leaned their crutches against open air cafe tables, and tried to return to normal. There was no… Continue reading →