All Africa can get kick out of ‘Robot Dave’s’ new ball WHATEVER will they think of next? An old aunt of mine regularly marvelled at whatever the latest sensation was. She d have certainly done so on learning the footballs at this summer s South African World Cup finals will be a new type, resulting from lengt... » MORE

The ‘lost Anglais’ and a hamlet unfazed by time

THE nice part of being lost is asking the way. Sometimes it results in fun you d be sorry to have missed. That was exactly the recent case for us. An hour into distant, unknown high country the only (and worrying) positive I had was that the sun ought to... » MORE

Heartfelt thanks all round and that vital red button

ALL I did was press the red button. Like the nurse had told me to do, were they needed pronto. But Mr Kinney insists I saved his life. If anyone did that, it was our mutual friend Sameur, who I d happened to call that November morning to ask the loan of a... » MORE

I made a right ass of myself worrying over little donkey

IN CASE you might ever need to know, donkeys, same as horses, may be led to water but not made to drink it. Confirmation of this pretty obvious fact came for me with a recent, and happily brief, spell in self-appointed charge of a donkey. Rather worrying... » MORE

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