Well the old body continues to give up on me and break down at perplexing and depressing frequency. The writing up of all the thousands of butterfly notes pinned to books, guides and other travel memorabilia has all but ground to a halt, it's diffic

The king of Swaziland has ordered an end to a five year no-sex rite for teenage girls to try and reduce the spread of Aids in his tiny African kingdom. Under the umchwasho chastity pledge any breach was punishable by a fine of one cow for anyone tha

Prediciton is always a dodgy pastime, but it's amazing how many professional prediction pundits there are out there. And they get paid, handsomply whether they're right or wrong! Take economists, half of them say one thing and half the complete oppos