Moonballs from Planet Earth

The ever-sensible Michael Atherton puts one away This post is to channel a thought from the ever sensible Michael Atherton. This is from his...

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

தென் பாண்டி சீமையிலே தேரோடும் வீதியிலே மான் போல வந்தவனே யார்   அடித்தாரோ யார்   அடித்தாரோ These lyrics are from the theme song o...

The dust has now settled on Wimbledon 2011. We have two exciting young champions to celebrate in Petra Kvitova and Novak Djokovic. Rafael N...

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...

CMJ’s son Robin retired from first class cricket a couple of weeks ago. I looked looked him up on Cricinfo , and came across a delicious lit...

Kevin, our electrician/ plumber/ handyman came in over the weekend to help assemble the kid's bunk bed. He's a genial, happy and ver...

India beat Pakistan in a World Cup bowl-out. Zimbabwe beat Australia. Bangladesh knocked the West Indies out of a World Cup. S Badrinath and...