The rugby world cup has ended with England loosing out in the final to South Africa.  Nine points was all that separated the two sides and in the end the South Africans, the stronger side deserved their win.  They played magnificently throughout the tournament.  All observers of the game whichever side they supported could quite […]

Belgium.  What a lucky, little country.  Four months after a General Election, the politicians still have not managed to construct a working coalition between themselves in which to rule the country.  The wrangling between the Dutch speaking north and the French speaking south has left a political divide so great, that no amount of political […]

In Mid October, the town of Whitehaven on the Cumbrian coast became the first place in Britain to stop receiving analogue television signals.  The switchover to Digital TV is underway and nothing can stop its eventual sweep across the country as one by one, all those aerials above the televisions will be rendered useless.And goodbye […]