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Wild Water Swimming
Read more: Wild Water SwimmingOccasionally these blogs devote themselves to environmental issues, though not in the usual polemic sense. Rather, they turn out to be ecological as a by product of reminiscence. Those blue remembered hills and meadows. It is only when a news headline catches the eye that I am forced to think (with a gulp) that, indeed,… Know More
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Anyone for Tennis?
Read more: Anyone for Tennis?The Wimbledon men’s final lasted so long that I had time to take in vital games while doing a decent garden weeding, hovering in the attic, preparing food, and writing emails, and that was probably only half of it. It was like a painting that came alive whenever I looked at it. I’ve always liked… Know More
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Walking on the Moon
Read more: Walking on the MoonSeeing the TV shots of thousands of fans collecting for their mourn-ins for Michael Jackson in different parts of the world was a reminder that in the Internet age people will gather for a rave or a funeral, equally voraciously, driven by mobile phones, blogs and social networking. Twittering hype transcends any real depth of… Know More
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Missing the link – out of the loop
Read more: Missing the link – out of the loopVery occasionally, owing to the exigencies of fate, you can travel blissfully unaware of something that has been going on for years. I am not talking about a spouse’s affair or a tumour silently gorging itself on some part of your body, or the fact that an inter-stellar domino effect of galactic implosions will be… Know More
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Of Kakis and Coconuts
Read more: Of Kakis and CoconutsI’m in France again under a sky like half a starling’s egg. The garden has survived the winter (it rained and there is still snow on Mount Canigou to feed the rivers). I had a bad dream that the kaki tree would have died but it is there, glossy leaved and sprightly. If you haven’t… Know More
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A Cloud over Cuckoo Land
Read more: A Cloud over Cuckoo LandI am leaving Ghana tomorrow for the UK and then France. France is where my house is. It is smallish and on the lap of Mount Canigou in the Pyrenees, with a thirty-mile vista one way and a vertical rock face a little behind. I have seen eagles slide over it, wild boar tramping across… Know More
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The corrupt world of moats, ducks and toilet seats
Read more: The corrupt world of moats, ducks and toilet seatsFrom a Ghanaian perspective, the behaviour of UK MPs regarding their expenses seems small beer. Here, the papers are reporting how the current left of centre government is trying to eradicate a pervasive bribe culture. The most paradoxical story I read on this subject was when a Ghanaian businessman took two men to court who… Know More
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Members of Parliament
Read more: Members of ParliamentTo most of us MPs seem to be missing links in the historical chain that connects us with primitive humans. They roar a great deal as they hunt for votes but once in parliament their calls are different. A lot more restrained, a lot more equivocal as they move into the self-enclosed world of law… Know More
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Having the heart for sex
Read more: Having the heart for sexThe most clicked story on the BBC website today concerns a study comparing the emotional profiles of over two thousand female twins. The hypothesis from the study is that sex is largely governed by emotional intelligence. Apparently, a third of all women find orgasms difficult or impossible to achieve and this study suggests that the… Know More
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Boys, toys and wish fulfilment
Read more: Boys, toys and wish fulfilmentI watched a rather mediocre film last night called Jumper. The plot suggested that through time, aberrational humans with the godly power to leap through wormholes to any point in the world they liked (fixed by a photograph from a brochure, etc) were being hunted down by religious fanatics who were protecting God’s monopoly on… Know More