Month: December 2011

It was 20 degrees centigrade  here yesterday.  The law says that I must have snow chains in my car if I want to from modica to Ragusa between 15 Dec and 15 March.   If I dont, I get fined.   Draw your own conclusions.

The papers are talking about it, due to 150.000 likes on Facebook for a page which wants the Vatican to pay ICI.  Finally it seems that the Church may be constrained to act as a mere mortal with regard to taxes.  Mention it on telly and you get the biggest round of applause of the…

Remember that strange day back in  the last century when the Tories, having turned on the charismatic (and barking) Mrs T, elected the grey man Major to lead them into their decline and fall.  Watching Mr Toad slowly descend into the tenebre and the grey image of Angelino Alfano take his place brought it all…