Thoughts from the backseat of a giant jet
What's the very first thought that comes to mind when you step into one of our ultra-modern and enormous passenger-jets that seem to zoom round and round the world non-stop?
Jeanne (76) turns the Roaring Forties corner for home
The Brit Southern Ocean superstar, Jeanne Socrates, has turned the circumnavigation corner and is heading for home, the US Atlantic coast. The plucky, highly-skilled 76-year-old sailed from Victoria, British Columbia, 236 days ago.
Now Windows flexes its muscles
Do we live in pretty strange times or what? Just imagine this scene. A knock on the front door. The mailman stands there, and his expression is not one of adoration.
The poll to change the future - for five minutes
In a democracy we get out and vote whenever a poll is held, and I was certainly there queuing today for the poll to elect our representatives for the EU - even though Britain is almost certain to have left Europe within a few months.
Suddenly the gear’s too downmarket for Google
One of the most unpleasant and perhaps most common human experiences must be when a best friend grows tired of the role and for some unexplained reason, gives up on you.
