I had driven down from northern Lapland to Rovaniemi, dodging stray reindeer along the way, and pitched up at Santa Village which is right there in the photo. The line of pillars in the background ma… (View Post)

Santa is in Finland, as most people know. Me and the dog saw him there in the summer, during his rest and recuperation period, when his Santa Village is pretty much deserted (View Post)

You seem to be a similar position to the young men who were eager to be sent to the trenches during the early years of WW1. Enthusiasm untempered by knowledge can be very dangerous. (View Post)

The extent to which the judiciary in any country is genuinely independent in any country is a key question, and our system probably comes as close as any. But I doubt a truly independent judiciary ex… (View Post)

The French police procedural TV series 'Spiral' is interesting from that respect, focusing as it does on the way the French system works and the interplay between the police and the judge during both… (View Post)