Striking gold
Gold-digging has such a nice ring to it. One can almost hear the clanging of hammers as claims are pegged and thudding pickaxes bite into the rust-red soil. Above the…
Read moreThe Last Kaiser
11 November 2018 commemorates the end of the First World War a century ago. We know very little of one important protagonist in that bloody conflict, Kaiser Wilhelm II of…
Read moreFlying the magic flower carpet – Part 2
Part 2 [My apologies for quite a delay in uploading the second part of our magic flower carpet journey]. The return journey southwards brought us to Algeria – not the…
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