Saturday, May 31, 2008

No more free lunch

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Today's paper full of economic gloom. One story claimed that the era of cheap and plentiful food was over. It quoted a UN report declar...
Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Post surgery

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Dad has finished his operation. He spent less time in surgery than expected which was good to hear. The tumour in his lower colon has been s...
Tuesday, May 27, 2008

In sickness and in health

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I picked up a rather unpleasant dose of Giardia while in India last month. I suspected something was amiss shortly after I returned to Lond...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

Urban foxes

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Several weeks ago while walking at dawn I encountered a red fox in the driveway of a house in Swiss Cottage. I'm not sure who was more s...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Crazy Horse Memorial

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Carving monuments out of South Dakota's mountains isn't just the preserve of Mount Rushmore. 17 miles down the road from the four im...
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Mount Rushmore

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As a child Mount Rushmore was one of the most iconic images of America. There was something rather grand, yet undeniably kitsch, about a nat...

Devil's Tower

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Steven Spielberg secured his first Oscar nomination for Best Director in 1977 following the release of his science fiction film, Close Encou...
Monday, May 19, 2008

The Black Hills

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I've just finished the most remarkable weekend touring the Black Hills of Wyoming and South Dakota. This post is coming to you from Denv...
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Saturday, May 10, 2008

Kiwis in town

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I discovered a delightful new pub in Hammersmith last night. The Queens Head is located in a classic red-brick building overlooking a large...

Helsinki

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Many people told us Helsinki wasn't much of a tourist destination. "It's a sleepy town," they warned. After last weekend...
Friday, May 09, 2008

Waste not!

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Fly tipping is on the increase across the UK. This illegal dumping of rubbish costs taxpayers about £50m a year in clean-up costs, and lando...
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Thursday, May 08, 2008

Graham Norton

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When my parents were in town last year we secured tickets to watch Graham Norton record his popular BBC television chat show . The studio ty...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Tallinn

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Finland has Europe's second highest suicide rate and some of its most visible incidences of public drunkenness. It's hard to sympath...
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