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Excursion en Auvergne 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Volcanoes, winding roads, improbable lunches and the quiet majesty of rural France — Auvergne delivers the kind of journey that makes you wonder why everyone else is still on the motorway. Read on.
Chinese name 🇬🇧
Why Chinese names are never “just names.” Read on.
The week that was 17/2026 🇬🇧
No weekly recap this week — the author has absconded to Brittany, which has inexplicably decided to be sunny, and is now filing his dispatches from a harbour terrace somewhere between a dish of olives and an ice bucket. What … Continue reading
Carcassonne 🇬🇧🇫🇷
Some cities get lucky. Carcassonne got strategic positioning. The result was two thousand years of invasions, crusades, and general unpleasantness—interrupted only by brief periods of prosperity and the occasional flying pig. Click here to find out more…
Wars and chaos 🇬🇧🇫🇷
The world is slipping into a new era of instability—and few seem willing to say it out loud. From Ukraine to the Middle East, from Washington to Europe, decisions are being made that could shape the next decade of conflict … Continue reading
Pi day
Today is Pi Day, the only day of the year when mathematics, curiosity, and pastry come together in perfect harmony. At exactly 1:59 PM, the universe briefly aligns with 3.14159… — which is clearly the ideal moment to celebrate with … Continue reading
Thought of the day
Filed under: motorway sociology, continental drift, the philosophy of duvets · Written somewhere between a first and second coffee Click in to find out
La France ne décline pas 🇫🇷🇬🇧
France isn’t in decline — it’s rewriting the rules. While the doom narrative gets louder, the facts tell a different story. This sharp, no-nonsense take dismantles tired clichés and shows why the future of France is far less bleak than … Continue reading
HP printers (not the sauce)
My 10-year-old HP printer died, so I bought a replacement for cheap. Setup took five minutes. It works perfectly. There’s just one problem: the replacement ink costs exactly the same as the entire printer. Welcome to printer economics, where the … Continue reading
