02/06/2006 – Leeds's Singing Organ-Grinder

Greeks and Romans weren’t into kinky sex orgies

Alastair Blanshard of Sydney Uni says the myth was invented by Christians and encouraged modern pervs like Oscar Wilde seeking to justify their behaviour. How sad.

Spanish translation out-sourcing

I’ve long shared Mr Davies’ view that translation budgets here are viewed principally as a means of financing feckless relatives and acquaintances.

The mugger mugged

Several Chinese have whispered me grossly inaccurate versions of this story, so here’s the truth, from the mouth of a horse who wouldn’t want his mum to read this kind of stuff on his blog: I was having a drink in La Penùltima on Barcelona’s Riera Alta when in came what turned out to be…