11 January 2016

RIP David Bowie

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The Starman has returned to the stars
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14 May 2013

Commander Chris Hadfield's Space Oddity

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Canadian astronaut Commander Chris Hadfield has spent almost six months orbiting earth aboard the International Space Station . His gift...
20 May 2012

Obama and Hollande: cheeseburger and French fries

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On 18 May 2012, ahead of the G8 summit at Camp David and the NATO meeting in Chicago, French President François Hollande and US President B...
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09 May 2012

Possibly the best flash mob. Ever.

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I previously wrote about flash mobs and nominated my top eight (on YouTube) but that was at the end of 2010 and there have been others that ...
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27 April 2012

Sarkozy still unsure whether France is secular or not

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Last year, I wrote about French President Nicholas Sarkozy's landmark speech at Puy-en-Velay on Thursday, 3 March 2011, in which he spo...
22 April 2012

Luminale

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Luminale is a bienalle of lighting culture, that was held in Frankfurt from 15-20 April 2012 in conjunction with Light+Building, a trade f...
24 March 2012

USA: all these countries are their strongest allies and 'punch above their weight'

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From Danish broadcaster DR, Detektor program hosted by Thomas Buch-Andersen via the interpreter , a Lowy Institute for International Po...
07 March 2012

How the world learnt about Joseph Kony

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A short 30 minute documentary on YouTube (below) and Vimeo has been shared extensively on Twitter and Facebook to spread the word about Jos...
03 March 2012

Three Little Pigs - the real story

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A brilliant video from the Guardian showing how the incident of the Three Little Pigs might be reported in the media today. Not everything ...
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25 February 2012

Who owns sunken treasure?

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Mitch Stacy for Associated Press (AP) has reported that 17-tons of silver and gold coins salvaged from the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, ...
27 January 2012

further travels of Tintin 2

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In August 2009, I wrote about further travels of Tintin , cover art of additional places Tintin visited, by people who were not Hergé. A...
26 January 2012

Le changement, c'est maintenant

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The campaign slogan for France's Parti Socialiste , contesting the presidency with François Hollande as candidate, is "le changemen...
22 January 2012

Whales give dolphins a lift

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In 2010, the journal Aquatic Mammals ( DOI: 10.1578/AM.36.2.2010.121 ) reported about interactions between dolphins and whales. Abstract T...
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17 December 2011

A random act of kindness does make a difference

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From Life Vest Inside (Song: One Day by Matisyahu - original clip ) A random act of kindness does make a difference and 'what goes ...
16 December 2011

Stresstest

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Press release from Die Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache (GfdS)/the Society for German Language, on the word of the year Wort des Jahre...
12 November 2011

Another (sub) species, extinct

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According to the latest update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ , "the Western Black Rhino ( Diceros bicornis longipes ) has...
11 November 2011

Tintin in India

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Soutik Biswas is the Delhi correspondent for the BBC. He's also an unabashed Tintin fan and writes Indians love Tintin like no other...
10 November 2011

Water from thin air

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The winner of the James Dyson Award was announced on 8 November 2011. From James Dyson Award website The James Dyson Award is open to pr...
31 October 2011

Tintin TIME

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TIME magazine's 31 October issue featured a Tintin cover in the Europe, Asia and South Pacific editions. The United States edition w...
30 October 2011

Saving canines

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Two interesting articles this week. Global Post has a pictorial of pet dogs in Bangkok also being saved/evacuated from the flooding. De...
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27 October 2011

Tintin update

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The Tintin film was released in Belgium and France on 26 October 2011 ( link for other release dates elsewhere). Reported in Euronews ...