A Path Less Trodden

Nature always has the power to both shock and awe. I’ve not seen leopard seals up close and personal before! It reinforces the fact that no matter how much mankind tries to control and subjugate the environment in which he/she lives, in the oceans we’re just part of the food chain.
Not great for penguins either!

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OK I have a confession to make. I love playing poker, but playing poker is conceived of as something a little risky, a little seedy, and playing poker in a casino downright runyonesque. Regardless that Observer columnist Vicky Coren plays it and has written an excellent book about it, it’s still treated as something your [...]

A post on Leo Babauta’s excellent Zen Habits blog about the Anti-Fast Food Diet which referenced the slow food movement inspired me to add to the debate about how we source, cook and enjoy our food. The full post is here and Leo bemoans the rise of McDonalds and other fast food outlets for contributing [...]

In a report worthy of a Dan Brown novel, an Italian art expert claims he is on the verge of discovering a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece – hidden in a secret cavity behind a palace wall. University professor Maurizio Serancini believes a clue in a huge painting in Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio appears to suggest [...]