Apparently having senior politicians travel by rail is a real headache for the railways, who have to try to liaise with their security whilst the politician pretends to be with the hoi polloi. Wherea… (View Post)

It isn't extraordinary. The hostages are being deliberately hidden. Scientists and heads of armed forces like to go home to their families of an evening, and need to attend meetings. Put brutall… (View Post)

I've done six or seven sprint distances now, and one standard (Olympic) distance. I've done half Ironman (70.3) distances in training in all three disciplines, and am trying to convince mys… (View Post)

In rather more pleasant news, Hiromu Inada from Japan has just completed the Ironman 70.3 (*) Cairns in Australia. He's 92. (*) Half Ironman (View Post)

This sort of talk might be exactly what the Israelis want. Mole hunts always disrupt; and more often than not, they round up innocent as well as the guilty. If the Iranians are busy looking for the e… (View Post)