Moonballs from Planet Earth

The Cerne Giant on his Dorset hillside The Cerne Giant (pictured above) is one of England’s most cherished icons. He is a chalk figure etche...

The Tube is on strike today. Everybody's cursing (including me). Meaning, it's not a bad day to remember one of my favourite poems,...

St. George's Day Posters in London c. 2014 Is England’s patron Saint George a dragon slayer? Or a lizard eater? The question is ...

In England, we drive on the left. So it would be natural to walk on the left, right? Wrong!  This sign, instructing pedestrians to walk ...

St Michael Yesterday, Saint Michael saved me from a terrible fate. I could have wasted my Friday evening watching the Indian cricket ...

Blistering barnacles! Thundering typhoons! Ostrogoths! Bashi bazouks! Why has Steven Spielberg given Captain Haddock a Scottish accent...

The English love their heritage. I am continuously amazed and heartened at how much care is lavished on everything from prehistoric dolmens,...

"And then a scholar said, Speak of Talking. And he answered, saying... In much of your talking, thinking is half-murdered. For thought ...

BBC's plush and stylish new offices in Salford, near Manchester, are sprinkled with "collaboration pods" . The idea is that u...

Know who Pippa is dating, dahling? She's with England's finest doosra-man . Palace sources inform us that Pippa Middleton's boy...

The Imperial Tobacco Company will launch Wills Navy Cut in the UK tomorrow, to mark the happy and auspicious occasion of the Royal Wedding....

We don't need no education, We don't need no thought control, No dark sarcasm in the classroom, Teacher leave them kids alone, Hey t...

This post was born from the frustration of an unsuccessful shopping trip. I wanted Altoids. I checked the local supermarkets - Sainsbury...

காட்டுக்கேது தோட்டக்காரன் இதுதான் என் கட்சி kattukkethu thottakaran, ithuthan en katchi These words are from a favourite old song by Kannad...

My daughters learn ballet. I take them to ballet class most Saturday mornings. While I’m waiting for class to finish, I sit around in a larg...

" I started my management career in a backward village in Etah, Uttar Pradesh . I lived in the village, as one of the local people, try...