The Boston Globe rarely disappoints with its photo features. This time it’s one called Christmas across the Globe, aptly enough, and there are some pretty nice pics.
20 hours in 40 seconds
December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black
Festive traditions of the strange kind
The Christmas season is upon us and there a lots of different traditions associated with the festive season, from the Catalan caganers to the demon Krampus in Austria. The World’s Weirdest Christmas Traditions
Pope to deliver Thought for the Day in the UK
The Pope is to deliver UK’s Thought for the Day message during the Today programme on Radio 4 on Christmas Eve, the programme going out at 07.45 on Christmas Eve and lasting three minutes.
Visitors from afar
Must be Alien Day today. Alien with size 440 shoe among New Zealand UFO sightings Mayor of French village threatens to call in army to deal with influx of UFO hunters who believe nearby mountain is ‘alien garage’
May I tweet, M’lud?
Tweets and text messages from inside a courtroom may be permitted after the UK’s most senior judge approved the use of digital communication technology, which means that reporters and members of the public will even be able to sit in court and surf the internet on their laptops – as long as they are quiet about it.
It’s more than a game
Police in Lubumbashi, DR Congo, fired over the heads of football fans to disperse angry crowds after the local team TP Mazembe lost the Club World Cup final, played in Abu Dhabi, to the Italian Club Inter Milan by three goals to nil, the disappointed fans taking to the streets to attack Chinese-run businesses.
European Court of Justice upholds Dutch coffee shop plans
The European Court of Justice has ruled that Dutch authorities are able to ban foreigners from coffee shops selling cannabis if they so wish, adding that the city of Maastricht was perfectly within its rights when it passed a law in 2005 stopping foreigners entering cafes that sell marijuana.
Going underground
Having only visited one of these Incredible Underground Historic Sites Worth A Visit, I have obviously still got a long way to go. The Nerja Caves could well be a worthy addition to this list.
Cut down on the single malt
Nessie was in the news again today: Mr Spicer claimed he and his wife saw “a most extraordinary form of animal” some 4ft (1m) high and 25ft (8m) long crossing the road 20 years from the loch…Daily Telegraph However, the mythical beast has now become a time traveller as well as amphibious.