The Economic Roots of Your Life Crisis
Maybe you don’t have to get married, don’t have to get a “job,” buy two minivans and a McMansion, pack it bulgingly full of stuff
Month: March 2012
A Cracking Trip to Kraków
Back home again after the tip to Kraków in Poland, and a good time was had by all. Perhaps more restrained on the alcohol consumption
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The Death Camps of Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau
Words are inadequate to describe the events that took place at Auschwitz and Birkenau during World War II. Being there is probably the only way
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Up at the Kraków of Dawn
Another day, another country. I may have got back home after the grand Motorhome adventure, but after only 36 hours at home, I’m up at
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Reflections on Apple’s March 2012 iPad and Apple TV Announcements
A few days on from Apple’s most recent product announcements, and it’s good to be able to reflect on the the detail, and the media
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To France, Au Revoir, To England, It’s Good to be Back
Dover Castle welcomes me back to British shores, after a slightly stirring crossing. Another half an hour of that and I’d have been sicker than
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The New iPad
Ok, so Apple’s latest media event has revealed the iPad 3 and and update Apple TV box (not a TV set, or anything revolutionary, as
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Is The Secret Feature of The iPad 3 a New Touch Technology?
The most tantalizing and attractive possibility I could come up with was the introduction of a touch-feedback technology for the iPad’s display. Is The Secret
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Le Touquet-Paris-Plage and the Côte d’Opale
After the war of attrition that was the Somme Battlefields I needed to do some housekeeping, notably to find LPG, diesel and fresh water, all
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The Battle of the Somme, WWI 1914-1918
Today’s sightseeing tour was to be a sombre affair, a wander through the battlefields and memorials of the Somme, the infamous setting for the bloodiest
