Actually Arab men often walk together holding hands- it's one of the odd things in Dubai- no belief that they are more than friends, and you get used to it, but all the same. (View Post)

Putin has held off calling up Russians in European Russia and mostly fought the war with the poorer nationalities from the North Caucasus, the Urals and Siberia, such as Bashkirs, Chechens and Dagest… (View Post)

Upland sheep farmers are clinging on by their fingernails at the moment, and even in the good times it was not luxury. The agri-businesses are hoovering up family farms and the outlook for small or e… (View Post)

The beginning of the end...with any luck. (View Post)

Well of course Trump would do that, particularly as it is the Norwegian Nobel committee that decides. Greenlanders will be fearing the worst- unless Trump gets the Peace prize, there will be war. It … (View Post)