Meanwhile, out here in the north we've had the first cloudy showery day for about a month, so Mr Dog got treated to a run about Helsinki's premier dog island (there are others) between show… (View Post)

Yet as the need for governments prepared to take some serious, hard, long-term decisions grows, voters increasingly look to parties wanting to focus on frivolous, easy and short-term ones. (View Post)

In theory. The difference is that central government holds various theoretical powers - like the ability to call in local planning decisions if they have ‘strategic impact’ - which are rarely used. S… (View Post)

I’m really surprised to see Tampa recording its first ever temperature of over 100C today. As somewhere well south and often super hot, it’s odd that London’s all time hottest temp is 104C whereas Ta… (View Post)

In totally harmless fun for all ages, here is Mr Dog inspecting a couple of natural orifices; part of the giant’s kettles of Askola, against the rocks of which he was quite remarkably camouflaged: (View Post)