Just when you thought it was safe to back into the water …

Image source: Le Monde I love France and French people generally and I try and get to France at every opportunity. OK, so the Gitanes aren’t great for one’s health in enclosed public spaces, and you have to traverse public footpaths with some care on account of the high preponderance of dog turds that litter [...]

The disappearing arbres d’alignement

That trashy, left-wing environmental mag The Economist is at it again — this time printing an article, Killer trees, that laments over the removal of roadside trees. Incredibly, some 3 million such trees (90 per cent in total) have been cut down in the last 30 years because of road ‘improvements’ and fears about road [...]

In transit

My blogging is likely to be even more spasmodic than usual over the next few weeks on account of my relocation to Singapore (via France). Furthermore, typing on a French keyboard is unlikely to enhance my productivity any!