The Joke Goes Like This The joke goes something like: Name five famous Belgians – and of course no one can. It’s supposed to prove that Belgium is boring. It’s not true – at least as far as Brussels is concerned. After spending a week there, we suspect that Belgium has just had bad PR … Read more
Berwick Upon Tweed is the last town in England along the coast road before the border with Scotland. It is three miles from the border, and as I wrote in an article about The Coast Road To Edinburgh, on its seaward side there are high earth ramparts that were built in the late 1500s, during … Read more
Clarence Odbody in It’s A Wonderful Life Ah, Frank Capra’s 1946 Hollywood movie ‘A Wonderful Life’: Nothing like snuggling down to watch it during the winter festive season yet one more time. And no matter how many times I have done so – I always wait in anticipation for Clarence Odbody to make his appearance. … Read more