Apr 23, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: snap For many years, Britain had a reputation around the world for stability. Rightly or wrongly, it was widely believed that things here happened as they should and there were no sudden or harmful changes. Over the last couple of years, though, all that has changed. There’s an oft-quoted curse – “May you live in interesting […]
Apr 20, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: allotment Is it a sign that I am fully middle-aged, not to say old, that I have just nipped down the allotment? Probably – although, as we shall see, the nature of allotments and gardening has been changing in the UK. But first, what is an allotment? Basically, it’s a small area of land usually owned by […]
Apr 2, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: palaver During my trip to Norilsk last week, I managed to squeeze in a day trip to Dudinka, a small port town situated on the mighty Yenisei River that’s mainly used to ship out the nickel which is found in such abundance in the area. We had a brief guided tour of the town and then […]
Mar 21, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: vanilla These days, there’s no shame in looking online for a partner. Indeed, it’s all the rage in certain circles. The online dating scene has come a long way in a short period of time and there’s been an incredible diversification of products available, with users now able to access everything from Muslim dating to S&M […]
Feb 28, 2017 Chunks, Word of the day Word of the day: baby boomers Over 400,000 British people people died during the Second World War, the vast majority of them men. Now, while this pales into insignificance when compared to the tens of millions who died in the Soviet Union, it still led to a serious lack of manpower in the immediate aftermath of the war. This had several […]
