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Up until recently, I was starting to imagine that my Blush Rambler bush, on the pergola, was simply a vigorously-branching late-flowering s...

That bit in the Bible about man not living by bread alone is fair enough, although it denigrates indirectly, to my mind, the fabulous qualit...

I've already mentioned the French tart known as a quiche lorraine [ display ] . Well, I've just invented this variation on the quic...

Germany has finally decided that bean sprouts are the source of the lethal strain of Escherichia coli . But are German scientist well-inform...

Some time ago, when I took the train down to Marseille, accompanied by my dog Sophia , I had an opportunity of discovering, thanks to the wo...

Some Aussie activities don't look particularly risky at first sight. Take rock fishing, for example. There's no danger whatsoever in...

This beautiful heart-shaped map of the world was created in 1536 by a Frenchman with a funny name: Oronce Fine . I hasten to point out that,...

I encountered the following complicated logo back in 1975, and it immediately intrigued me because of the information it seemed to convey co...

Back in Paris, I used to collect all kinds of documents in which arrows were used—in one way or another—as metaphorical symbols. At a comica...

A month ago, well after 10 o'clock in the evening on the state-owned TV channel that specializes in documentaries (France 5), a program ...

When it's raining at Gamone, I don't usually step outside to take photos. But yesterday, I decided to do so. So, I took this photo o...

I like this kind of photo. It forces you to think, to ask questions. What the hell is actually happening here? Maybe the police have just co...

Last night, on France's national TV news, Kenneth Thompson , the US lawyer representing Nafissatou Diallo , launched an appeal for facts...

Often, the interruption of my blogging activities for a few days is a healthy sign. It can indicate that I've become involved in some ot...