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It was the last weekend in October already. If that's not scary enough (what with the mid-year sales seemingly having passed by only five minutes ago) then the end of October heralds its customary programme of: · pumpkin hollowing and carving into grotesque and scary shapes (with ...

So let's look at the derivation of the word ‘idiom’, as set out in Ref 1. · An idiom is a type of phrase or expression that has a meaning that can’t be deciphered by defining the individual words. Appropriately, the word “idiom” is derived from the ancient Greek word “idioma,” wh ...

Well let's clear the air (pun intended) in relation to a few of these statements, shall we? · First of all, methane is colourless and odourless, and so it should come as no surprise that the natural gases emanating from the rear end of bovines is relatively low in methane, with t ...

What is the truth and can we handle it? · We live in a world where knowledge/data/news is now so relatively easy to access that information overload can form an impediment in even a simple search for additional clarification. How often does it become obvious that our search for c ...

As many of you may know, my wife and I have recently returned from yet another trip to Indonesia, where we caught up with family and friends from ‘way back’, and did an extensive road tour of places, spaces and bases that either: · we hadn't seen since Adam was a lad; or · of whi ...

I've recently returned from a trip to Indonesia, aimed at: · exploring parts of Java which I'd either not before visited, or not seen for many, many years; · catching up with my extended family and friends; and · viewing for myself how this most highly populated island in the wor ...