The tremendous news comes straight out of the US of A. Being a blogger is no longer a hobby. The statistics are astounding but it seems that there are more people making their living out of blogging than there are barmen, firemen or programmers in the land of hope and opportunity. I read this…

These are the times of high levels of immigration and low levels of tolerance. They are the times that inherited the straight-jacket rhetoric of the politically correct. They are times of neutered political debate due to reverence to populistic positions and knee-jerk reactions. Somehow you get the feeling that these are not times that could…

J’accuse has been severely handicapped by an obtuse former monopoly and its incompetent set of technicians (barring a certain Frederic who should be awarded a medal of honour for his attempts at providing a normal service from within a company of idiots). Anyways, this has meant that I am only just about getting up to…

“Otium cum dignitate”, that is how Cicero advised the honest person to live. The word “otium” is not really translatable and is often wrongly interpreted as the “dolcefarniente” of Mediterranean fame. Rather than a life of idleness, Cicero (I am constantly fascinated by the fact that this great man’s name is Latin for “Chick Pea”)…

I watched a great film yesterday – I Laureati – a Leonardo Pieraccioni movie about life in Florence for four men who still have not managed to graduate from university. You cannot but laugh at the antics of Rocco, Leonardo and co. as they philosophise on anything from humour to women to death and funerals.…