Antipodes

For ages, we family-history researchers have all believed that the Mormons are our friends, and that we can take advantage indefinitely of t...

Over the last few years, this grinning mask has attained planetary notoriety as a symbol of political protest: Anonymous at Scientology...

Today is the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing [1912-1954]. He is represented in Manchester by this park-bench sculpture, which include...

As a fifth-generation Australian, whose ancestors were English or Irish, I'm disgusted to realize that our compatriot Julian Assange ha...

Dogs, in the context of conventional religions, have often had a hard time. An antiquated version of Revelations , on the very last page of ...

Supermarkets of the French Intermarché group have a good reputation for their fish, based upon the fact that their Scapêche subsidiary ope...

Next Sunday, as we wander out of our village churches after the Mass (while shaking hands with Monsieur le curé and expressing admiration f...

During the night after Sophia left us, the Albertine came out in bloom. [Click to enlarge] That will be an annual reminder of Sophi...

b 25 July 1998 Beauvoir-en-Royans d 29 May 2012 St-Jean-en-Royans During the final weeks and days, I appreciated greatly the wise and ...

Let me get this out of my system right away, so that I'll feel less guilty this evening. I intend to watch the Eurovision song contest ....

I'm fascinated by the craftsmanship of the bright fellows who earn their living writing speeches for leading figures such as heads of st...

As I've often said already in this blog, I refer to Skeffington in Leicestershire as my patriarchal village because we have every reason...

On the slopes just above my house, the gully where Gamone Creek flows (when there's rain) is, at present, a dark and humid jungle. And t...

I'm pleased to discover that I haven't lost a single rose or peony plant since I planted them in 2009. This year, the Gay Paree is ...

It's nice and reassuring for an Antipodean European such as me to realize that we can look in on US weirdies as if we were visiting a so...

I'm surprised — amused, not irritated—to find Richard Dawkins arguing in favor of the idea that the King James Bible is "a great w...