Let’s go on with the show!
WE ALL know there’s no business like show business. And if you are looking for some inspiration and entertainment in 2006, why not head back to the UK for a
The world’s greatest dog show
Yes, it’s Crufts! From March 9 to 11, the NEC will play host to the Kennel Club and the largest annual dog show in the world. Attracting over 120,000 visitors
Cheap meat has a lot to answer for
OVER THE centuries, livestock farming has suffered from occasional outbreaks of disease from which animals have died, their loss accepted as part of the outgoings. With an upsurge in world
January blues
IF YOU are suffering from the January blues, don’t expect any sympathy from me. I am currently sitting in a tawdry damp internet café in East London, desperately trying to
Chile
Pinochet’s wife held in fraud case THE WIFE of Chile’s former military ruler, Augusto Pinochet, has been arrested on charges of tax evasion. Lucia Hiriart was held with four of
Iran writes a suicide manual
THOSE WHO marvel at George Bush’s undoubted intellectual incoherence – “please don’t misunderestimate me” – will now have to apply the same criterion to Iran’s new President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. President
Kenya
Rescuers hunt for survivors RESCUERS ARE cutting through layers of concrete hoping to find survivors from a building that collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, earlier this week. At least
Exchange rates that defy gravity
WHAT GOES up must come down, said Sir Isaac Newton and, to be fair, he was mostly right. Think of tennis balls and frisbees and you will be proven right
Know your palm – part one
The true date palm, Phoenix Dactylifera I AM glad another Christmas is over and under my belt. Goodbye Santa, snowmen, mulled wine, tacky flashing lights, six vegetables, Queen’s speech, chocolate
Captivating Cuba
• El Nicho waterfalls, one of Cuba’s best kept secrets CUBANS SAY it’s always a good time to visit their homeland. Located just off the coast of southern Florida, between