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...

My family I are hooked on a TV miniseries called WandaVision.  WandaVision is a part of the Marvel-verse - an alternative reality with many...

A VW Pheaton rolling out of its "Transparent Factory" Say you were a big company’s Chief Marketing Officer.  Say you were searchin...

  See the picture above?  Meena Harris  (Kamala Harris’ sister Maya’s daughter) tweeted it a few weeks ago.  It has to be my favourit...

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 ...

Mahabharata: the game of dice How could Yudhishtira have done what he did? How could noble King Dharmaputra have gambled away hi...

Samudra Manthan My children were listening to a story. I was sitting with them, squirming with discomfort. The story was Samudra Man...

Snow White and the Huntsman Just watched Snow White and the Huntsman. Enjoyed the movie, in much the same way that I enjoy watching B...

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

Luke Skywalker strides towards the twin sunset on Tatooine I'd posted yesterday about the poem "Keep Ithaka always in the mi...

Came across another classically inspired poem. This time, I didn't randomly spot it on the tube. It came to my inbox in a farewell e...

"Because the upside to disbelief is too small." Zigackly. I picked this gem up from Michael Lewis' hilarious new book, B...

I read, and enjoyed, a book that called Christ a scoundrel. The book is by Philip Pullman, a well known atheist. Pullman isn’t being su...

Jalaluddin Rumi was wandering the streets of Konya, overcome with grief at the death of a dear friend, when he was captured by the rhythmic ...

Once upon a time, King Drupada ruled over the land of Panchala. Drupada was wise and just, his subjects were happy and loyal. However, King ...

Chennai Super Kings, my home town cricket team, just won IPL 4 in style. They have clearly been the best team on show since the inception of...

India won the World Cup. Wow! How did we do it? (A) we cheated (B) we were lucky (C) we have a team of geniuses (D) it is written. And yes! ...

This post is being published on December 25 to honour a deity whose birth is traditionally celebrated on this day: the sun god, Mithras . ...