Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our distant rest began to trudge. Men...
There was a discussion on local radio where it was said the awards had raised the profile of Belfast all over the world. I doubt it. I can't remember where they were held last year so they didn't do...
A female BBC journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. To check it out, she went to the...
I've just received an e-mail from a chap in Libya who apparently has more money than sense. He wants to send it to me and I can have 40% if I'll keep the rest for him. Could this be from one of...
I think in Hugo's Les Misérables there is a mention of galley slaves in the French navy. Were the powers-that-be in the Admiralty too humane to use them in the RN?