I thought I'd post this lovely map that was made by Marcin Ciura . I hope it's big enough to read. If not, click upon it and it oug...

As I have been terribly lazy about updating the dear old Inky Fool, I think I should inform you all (if you're still there) that ...

A little repost from 2010: Today is not boxing day. Once upon a time, there was a thing called a Christmas box. A Christmas box was a ...

I should probably warn readers that there may be swear words in this post, and they may come very soon. If you are of a delicate temperamen...

Few things are as tedious as other people's holiday photos. That's why facebook exists: it allows people to show their photographs ...

I've been reading a novel called A Lady From The South , which is a peculiar little adventure novel so little known that I had to find ...

The other day, I was lying in bed, sipping a Campari, when it occurred to me to wonder where the word louche came from. I imagined that it...