Full moon over the Stiperstones

I first saw this glorious photograph of the full moon over the Devil's Chair, a rock formation that stands atop the Stiperstones ridge i...

Should Vince Cable have been chief secretary to the Treasury?

Vince Cable has sprung back into life these past few days. He has a website to promote his new book After the Storm and its associated speak...

Little Gems

Between Little Gem posts follow  us on  Facebook  and  Instagram The orders for our new Bobbin Box have been overwhelming. Thank you so much...

Uruguay 10 & 2,000 pesos 2015 - Lands Law

New bimetallic and silver commemoratives: " Bicentenary of the Lands Law (Reglamento de Tierras) of 1815 " The silver item: (news...

Wolverhampton Low Level to Stourbridge Junction

Lovely colour footage from the early 1960s of the last days of the passenger service on this West Midlands line. Tipton Five Ways sounds lik...

Maine CDC seeks feedback

According to the Institute of Medicine, one of the core functions of public health is assessment: the systematic collection, assembly, anal...

Aylan Kurdi and Saint Joan

Why does it take a photograph of a drowned child to make people care about Syrian refugees? I have seen more than one person asking that on ...

Peter Bucklitsch was a Lib Dem candidate at the 2010 election

Photo from thanetstrife Today's hate figure Peter Bucklitsch has now deleted his entire Twitter account, which means we can add cowardi...

Macedonia 2 denari 2014 - without dots

New circulation variety: The 2014 issue of the Macedonian 2 denari has no dots, as you can see here compared to 2006: You can order this coi...