Monday, 29 December 2025

Category: Column

Once upon a time at Echo Mountain

‘Mountains have a way of dealing with overconfidence.’ Hermann Buhl (1924 – 1957), an Austrian mountaineer who had climbed the Alps and the Himalayas. ECHO

Keep your cool on the road

Road rage is the expression of the amateur sociopath in all of us, cured by running into a professional. –Robert Breault, American operatic tenor Road

Retail therapy as a reward

‘Buy less. Choose well. Make it last.’  – Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer and businesswoman. Who doesn’t love good retail therapy? It is my favourite

The dystopian dilemma

I think dystopian futures are also a reflection of current fears. – Lauren Oliver, American author The right is condemning the left, and vice-versa in

Is 3-3 a safe bet?

‘If you don’t participate in politics, you are going to be governed by those who do.’ – Arnold Schwarzenegger, former Governor of California. AS the

The green jokes and EV blunders

People will go for anything they don’t understand, if it’s got enough hype– Miles Davis, an American jazz musician (1926-1991) Isn’t it a riot how