We probably all know that many people in Africa, usually women and children, have to collect water from rivers, several times a day. Not only is it incredibly time consuming, the danger is that the river water is often contaminated and can spread...

All the photos in this post can be seen at a larger size by clicking on them.The very first time I saw the Palace of Versailles was in 1991, on a Saturday morning as I drove one of my sons to a swimming competition. I forget where the competition...

Sage, of Wise Herb's Random Jottings (and also of Wise Herb's Recipes) has very kindly awarded me a Best Follower award. I really haven't been good recently about getting around to visiting people as I should, so I'm slightly embarrassed to be...

Two views of the flags in Winchester Cathedral. Can't you see them? On the ground - flagstones. The retroquire, the area behind the altar, contains the largest surviving expanse of 13th century tiles in the UK. I thought you would probably have seen...

I understand that they use multi-lingual wrappers to save costs, but you'd think they'd just check the possible meanings?