William Jobling - Last Man Gibbeted

Filipinos - The Merchant Maritime Matelots

There are 230,000 Filipinos aboard merchant shipping vessels around the world. The largest single group of any nationality. The money they returned to their homeland in the form of remittances reached a record high of $2.5 billion in the first nine...

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson 2010 part 2

Regular readers will be aware from my last instalment that I have been visiting my good friend Sherlock Holmes in his retirement. Sadly he tends to live in the past, and has difficulty keeping abreast with...

London Olympics Accommodation

London is bracing itself for an invasion. Millions of people are expected to visit the greatest show on Earth in 2012. The London Olympics is expected to surpass all before it. The United Kingdom is ready to host the XXX Olympiad with all the...

Night Train to Luxor

The Night Train to Luxor may sound like the title of a 1940's film noir, but it was actually the train I took from Cairo one evening in September 2010, to board a boat to sail me down the Nile to Aswan. I'm pleased to say it wasn't "Death on the...

Jose Rizal - 150th Anniversary

Jose Rizal, the National Hero of the Philippines, was born on June 19th, 1861 in Calamba, Laguna. 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of his birth. As a young man he became acutely aware of the social injustices visited upon his people by the ruling...

facebook - Hotel California

Yes, you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. Meanwhile on the dark desert highway, cool wind in your hair, there is a traffic jam. "Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door...

Twitter! Get with it!

This terrific event just happened and..... hang on, I've just got to twitter it first.... Still here? Right, were was I? Oh I remember, I was in the middle of writing something incredibly interesting, but then I realised that I needed to tweet...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson 2010

“My dear Watson” remarked Sherlock Holmes as I entered his rooms at the Baker Street Residential Home for Fictional Victorian Detectives, “I see you are wearing the latest head-wear from the American...

Fragile Earth

Mankind is unable to hold this beautiful globe in the palm of the hand, but that doesnt mean it cannot be embraced. As the Voyager 1 spacecraft completed its primary mission to explore the Solar...