Georgia’s richest man remains without Georgian citizenship, an absurd situation of which most of his compatriots disapprove; the sooner that is resolved, the better. The Chamber of Control stands accused of levying disproportionate fines on the Georgian Dream movement, which Mr Ivanishvili has refused to pay. (It has responded by seizing some of h…

How difficult it is to parody an absurd original.

Brings back memories!

On being diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome at the age of 46.

Activists who are attacking the fish industry.

Hooray! Brussels was most congested city 2011, now overtaken by Warsaw, Rome, Marseilles!

Couple break up on train, fellow passenger live-tweets it all.

"oxytocin is proving to be a crucial ingredient to what makes us human" - a strong claim, presumably other animals have it!

"As Americans, we’re brought up our entire lives being taught that we’re the best, we did everything first and that the rest of the world follows our lead. Not only is this not true, but people get irritated when you bring it to their country with you. So don’t."

...and that makes five.

Where to go for coffee in London.

The new Russian alphabet. (I especially like Щ for Щкайп.)

The conspiracy of silence.

"our country has 3.1 percent of the world’s kids — and 40 percent of its Little Tikes EasyScore basketball hoops. Many of them belong to 2-year-old Anjellisa Redfern."

"I am forty-five years old— Two thirds of a long life are past, and I have done Nothing to distinguish it by usefulness to my Country, or to Mankind— I have always lived with I hope a suitable sense of my duties in Society, and with a sincere desire to perform them— But Passions, Indolence, weakness, and infirmity have sometimes made me swerve fro…

Season Two of GoT as an old-style video game.

"It is an important step to move beyond nonsense about the decline of English and chin-wagging about the Young People, and to talk about the difficulty of mastering standard written English, which is no one's native language."

Try love.

I think I have seen two of these films.

London vs wheelchair user.

What if Newfoundland had become/remained independent?

Quotes "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People".

It's different in South Uist.

"the oldest and most famous skeleton found in Sweden".

Westeros meets Nintendo!

It's a small world. (Especially if you're talking about County Cork.)

Holly on the UK's ludicrous "citizenship test".

Getting the right news from the Supreme Court.