In perhaps the most frightening display of caribou collapse to date, 323 unsuspecting reindeer were fatally struck by lightning on the mountain plateau of Hardangervidda in Oslo, Norway, last month. Norwegian officials surmised a freak storm … [Read more...]
Robotic Rembrandt Unveiled in Amsterdam
Recently an amazing image was unveiled in Amsterdam. The ‘painting’, which was created by data analysts and computer geeks, is titled “the next Rembrandt”. It has been described by some as ‘nice’ but our European correspondent Greg Beers was very … [Read more...]
Starbucks – The Expresso Fights Back
A big barristic brouhaha is brewing in Italy, Europe’s spiritual home of coffee. The American company Starbucks is set to go boldly where no US based coffee chain has gone before. Next year they intend to open stores in Italy. Starbucks … [Read more...]
A Probe into the World of Greco-Roman Sex
A naughty bathroom secret. A deep longing to do lecherous things to someone or something that perhaps you shouldn’t (or should you?). Such wanton behaviour can provide a fascinating insight into the carnal cosmos, as Vicki Leon recently discovered … [Read more...]
France Discharges Rotten Egg Smell onto England
Ever since William the Conqueror became king of England in 1066, France and England have had a rather pungent loathing of each other. However, while often diluted, such malodour has exploded into putrid abhorrence after a major French gas leak … [Read more...]
Scottish Dialect Vanishes On Black Isle
Life blooms and withers, making way for breath anew. And so it is in a far northern Scottish town on the tip of the country's Black Isle, where a Scottish dialect once full of vigor has waned and vanished. In the fishing village of Cromarty, 280 … [Read more...]
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