Greenland “We need Greenland.  And the world needs us to have Greenland, including Denmark.  Denmark has to have us have [sic] Greenland.” ~ Donald Trump American Vice President J.D. Vance paid an unrequited and uninvited visit to Greenland this week.  Not content with bidding for Canada as a 51st state, President Trump would like to […]

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Disappearing Men The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe I watched four episodes of this fascinating true story four days this week, and then The Real Story on Thursday, so it has dominated my television viewing!  It is the story of John Darwin who faked his death out at sea in a canoe, persuaded his […]

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Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016) “But let’s not talk of love or chains and things we can’t untie Your eyes are soft with sorrow Hey, that’s no way to say goodbye” Poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen died this week, providing an emotional distraction from the election of Donald Trump to the U.S. Presidency.  Though he […]

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Paris Shootings – Part 2 Just when you thought it was safe to hop on the Eurostar and spend a weekend in Paris, things got a whole lot worse, and the prospect seems further away.  There can’t be many people who didn’t spend the weekend thinking about the people of Paris, and racking their brains […]

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