Orient Express: an incident at the Vatican
The Orient Express, now the Venice-Simplon Orient Express, is perhaps the most famous train in the world, with its royal blue carriages with gold livery, and »
Black lava salt
In recent times there has been a trend to black food, from pasta to entire hamburgers. These look stunning, although PD could do without the black »
Brok Windsor, classic comic book hero
PD has always loved adventure. Even as a pup he would go camping in forests by a river. He learned all the craft and skills a »
From the archive: Tragic love involves the whole family
These are the last two posts from the original PD blog in 2012, posted on Wordpress. Despite the optimism displayed in the final post, the original »
Porter pocket knife
We carry pocket knives because they are useful. Up until the recent past a child would have proudly shown off the pocket knife he got from »