On slips such as this new religions are made

It was Ash Wednesday yesterday. Part of the first reading should have been

"O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers"

The Reader read

"O Lord, do not give up your herrings to shame, so that the natures become their rulers"

I had to stifle a giggle but the general congregation remained unmoved

An overweight penguin?

Lubetkin's classic design has been devoid of penguins for some time, but a different animal was spotted there on a visit today - The greater spotted painter/decorator. Note the classic non- working pose, hand in pocket, about to light fag

London is closed

This was the view from my office window this morning,

only 10 of the 300 odd people who work in my office made it in today.

Moscow gets more snow in an hour than we had last night yet everything works perfectly.

still some people had fun