Extreme Juggling – Who Would Have Thought?
Let’s take a look at a juggling competition, shall we? I haven’t looked into the rules thoroughly (or at all), but it seems to consist of teams of jugglers trying to knock each...
Read More →Let’s take a look at a juggling competition, shall we? I haven’t looked into the rules thoroughly (or at all), but it seems to consist of teams of jugglers trying to knock each...
Read More →Recently, North Korea have been busy puffing out their chests and threatening the wider world with destruction. No change there, then. King Jon-un, son of Kim Jong-il, has even less tact than his father,...
Read More →As children, many of us are fascinated by dinosaurs; it’s almost the default setting of human children. We’re fascinated by them in the same way that we’re fascinated by a fire breathing dragon...
Read More →When I think of Russian street art, I think of blood-red words splattered on the walls of a military complex, or swear words marker-penned onto people’s front doors. That’s not what I actually...
Read More →Some time back, a gentleman was on his way to a fishing spot near Lake Shestakov, Belarus with a couple of friends. He spotted a beaver at the side of the road and...
Read More →This post is just portraits with 17th Century vibes. The moodiness and bleak affect of them always makes me feel happy somehow. If you don’t like the sound of that, move along. First...
Read More →The internet is the home of truly free speech. It doesn’t matter how bonkers, barmy or banal your opinion, on the www you can nestle it next to the rest of the herd’s...
Read More →Here’s installment number three in my labour of love: the slow and steady trawl through the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by the prolific Captain Grose. Grose was an English antiquary, draughtsman, and lexicographer and authored...
Read More →The Octobass is a huge musical instrument. It’s shaped like a cello but it’s almost twice the size and, consequently, the tone is twice as deep. The lowest string is tuned a full...
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