In the world of pastries and confectioneries, I am given to understand that there is an entire chain - a global one, actually - of fast food shops that specialise in selling extremely sweet and...

This has NOT been a good week for me - hell, it has not been a good YEAR for me, full stop. It all started on December 23rd, when we contracted a gnarly case of food poisoning, via - of all things -...

We are barely three days into 2025, and already it is shaping up to be a most consequential and probably crazy year - crazier, if anything, than the past three combined. I certainly hope I am wrong...

Here we are at last, the very last instalment of this much-loved series - for the year of 2024, anyway. Given how difficult it is getting to find natural and attractive talent, even among the Slavic...

Just a few more sleeps until Christmas, boys. Assuming Brandon, the now-provably Fake President, does not do something genuinely insane and blow up the entire world before that happens, the best...

Just a quick one for today, lads, as it is extremely late where I am. As you can see, it is Friday the 13th (again). In fact, as I pointed out the last time this rolled around, one of my neighbours...

In the wake of the interview with the living legend, Sergei Lavrov, I think it is important for us mere mortals to do our part with the cultural outreach and maintenance of positive international...

Well, assuming you survived National Overeating and Football Day - if you are American, that is - you are now no doubt trying to get through the gauntlet of endless sale offers that constitute the...

The last 48 hours have seen the world move in ways that nobody expected at the beginning of the week. The Russians deployed a new weapon that they call "Oreshnik" (Орешник), which translates as...

With the Presidential Cabinet rapidly filling out, it seems we are in for a highly entertaining time between now and January 2025. So we have that much going for us, at least. As for whether...

What a week it has been, eh, lads? We have seen the worst, and the best, of the American political system this past week, and it has produced a result that I honestly did not expect. Yet, here we...

Once again, I find myself travelling, because reasons. It has actually been quite a busy year for me, in that respect, at least - I calculate that, by the time I hit the end of the year, I will have...