Near where we stay is a restaurant called “Spanish Garden”. It is run by Jose, brother of a famous restaurateur in Spain. The food is really Spanish and the Sangria is really Sangria. We are well-known at the “Spanish Garden”. They recognise both our voices on the phone when we book. Jose comes out …
Chinese scientists have genetically modified human embryos for the first time, prompting calls for a worldwide ban on the practice. The researchers, at Sun Yat-sen University, modified genes responsible for the fatal blood disorder thalassemia in “non-viable” embryos that were later destroyed. Their work was only partly successful, and caused unexpected mutations in other genes. …
To The Daily Telegraph “Peter Kidson and others who knock the minimum wage present a weak argument. If I choose to run a business and use a person’s skills or labour for my benefit, then it is only right that I compensate that person sufficiently. If an employer cannot generate enough income to pay employees …
There is a school in Washington DC called Benjamin Banneker Academic High School that has the honour of being in the top 2% in the Washington Post list of America’s most challenging schools. It has another distinction – it will not allow personal smartphones, tablets etc in school and has cellphone lockers in the foyer …
By now everyone knows that a resistance movement is active in reaction to the reforms of Pope Francis. Refusniks are in favour of services in Latin, are opposed to ecumenism, freedom of religion and closer relations with Judaism. The leader of the group is Jean-Michel Faure, consecrated as bishop by British bishop, Richard Williamson, a …
