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The Gaol at Kilmainham provides a welcome insight into Ireland’s struggle for self-rule as well as a comprehensive museum of crime and punishment throughout the ages. Not knowing what to expect, we were treated to an comprehensive hour-long tour of the Gaol by a very well-informed guide. Not only did he draw attention to the [...]

Following our introduction to the forthcoming RBS Six Nations 2008 rugby union tournament, we’ve been asked by a few people what the schedule for the tournament is. I also promised to shed a bit of light on where to get tickets for the matches.
I’ll also let you know the TV schedule information too (for those [...]

We were to fly to Dublin on Friday (28 Jan) from Leeds Bradford airport (the highest above ground airport in the UK). Unfortunately, however, the wind was at about 100 MPH, and after several aborted attempts, we ended up in a hasty taxi ride to Manchester, at 2am to catch an early morning flight instead.
We [...]

Heath Ledger was reported to have died yesterday by times-online. I have to say that I was actually quite sad though I am not normally moved by the lives of celebrities. Apparently his family are denying drug abuse, but details aside, Heath was a brilliant Aussie actor with some fantastic domestic credentials as well [...]

The RBS 6 Nations rugby union tournament begins in a couple of short weeks, on 2 Feb, and provides England with the first opportunity to show that they have retained some of their Rugby World Cup impetus. Now, as then, I will be watching every game with interest, and will in all probability be writing [...]

Watching the Countryfile weather forecast for this week on I-player, I was quite amused at how little variation there was on the word “rain”.
How many ways can you say it’s going to rain, all week, everywhere? The weatherman looked positively relieved to be able to report snow.
I knew the rain was bad this morning when [...]

Since moving into “the Dale” there have been a few adjustments -not least because we have just moved back from Australia, but also because I hail from a slightly more urban area of Yorkshire.
I was slightly confused when the local bus arrived with a Royal Mail emblem on the side only to recall an article [...]

I don’t have a television.
The main reason for this is the fact that I don’t want to buy a television license.
Today, I felt fully vindicated in this decision when, after visiting the BBC website to see if they had any news, I ended up on their I-Player website, and decided to watch the first episode [...]

A company called MDI (Moteur Development International) has developed a car which runs purely on compressed air - they call it the MiniCat (Compressed Air Technology = CAT!).
Here’s how they describe this machine on their website:
After fourteen years of research and development, Guy Negre has developed an engine that could become one of the biggest [...]

I found this photograph today, and it doesn’t need much of an explanation, except to say that these kids are from Peru, it would seem, and they cruise down the hill taking drinks to stranded truckies. Apparently, they’ve found a quicker way…