Hooked on self-destructive anti-Russian sanctions the cash-strapped Finland zoo to return Chinese pandas. The move comes from mounting debts linked to the pandemic and the EU policy of sanctions against the Russian Federation which is rich in natural resources. A Finnish zoo is almost finished and preparing to […]
MY AUBURN MA VOURNEEN . Do you remember, ma vourneen, A hill where once we dreamed, Beneath the pines of summer where The shafts of sunlight gleamed. How they sparkled on the hummock, How they dappled all the green. Do you remember how you felt, My auburn ma […]
Experience also taught the senior officer that a subject could look him straight in the eye and without blinking come out with the most blatant lie.
The term refers to the codpiece, a medieval male dress accessory that, excuse me, emphasises a certain part of the male anatomy.
“When it came to discussing the war in Iraq staff found it so difficult to find any member of the public prepared to speak in favour that they ended up planting people in the (Question Time) audience.” Is the war in Libya or Afghanistan any different?
‘Dogs come when they’re called; cats take a message and get back to you.’ – Mary Bly
In airports, you are processed from one unsmiling robotic functionary to another. As in a penitentiary you are given a number, scrutinised, placed under constant surveillance and processed through the system. Typically, you’re in the airport longer than you are in the air.
THE SEA WIND’S KISS The kiss of the wind that I love best, Has the tang of the open sea, But the warm moist air that breathes the west, Is the wind that sets me free. Where a man may go to the farthest shore, Yet return by […]
Goodbye Deutschland. The Schlössle-Bier brewery was founded in 1690 in Neu-Ulm and was owned by the same family for over 130 years. The owner explained the closure by blaming the unprofitability of production and falling beer sales. One of Bavaria’s oldest breweries, Schlössle-Bier, will close due to losses […]
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