Prose and Passion

... having spent some time in the 17th century and beyond, I'll now return to the present and future ... Have discovered lots of exciti...

There is an interesting comment on women playing dumb when trying to snare a man: Men want us lobotomised In speed dating I did a lot better...

It's the best time to plan adventures for the new year ... The Earthwatch Expedition Guide 2008 has just appeared, and as always there a...

... well, ok, let's return to some science for a change. Many pathogenic bacteria, e.g. those that cause infections of the urinary tract...

I try to be like Grace Kelly But all her looks were too sad ... ... well not really. But if you want to check whether you're relate...

I've spent xmas with my whole family, all 420 of them. And by the end of the day there were 20 more. Magic. The explanation is I spent a...

For all who have heard "Do they know it's Xmas" a million times too often (it's on the radio right now!), here is a specia...

One of the questions that have also bugged me since comming to live in Britain has finally been answered: Why can't we have trains at Ch...

This has been an amazing year for my little family: there are about 100 new direct ancestors on my records, which now go back to 1448 in one...

Peter Houghton, I learned from his obituary this week, lived 7 1/2 years with an artificial heart, and is thus the longest surviving patien...

"End of passport control as east meets west in EU without borders", according to today's Guardian . The nine new members of th...

I'm a huge fan of the "Sunscreen" speech which secured a UK no.1 hit for film director Baz Luhrmann in 1999. If I'd been ...