The
normally reticent Spanish President, Mariano Rajoy, gave a long press
conference this week. Or, rather, he answered a series of questions
in front of the representatives of various newspapers and journals.
I, for one, wouldn't be surprised to hear he'd had sight of all the
questions, given his lack of oratorical skills. Making it something
of a sham.
Which
reminds me . . . There was a nice cartoon in El
País
yesterday. A chap looking not unlike Sr Rajoy is saying: "When
we talk of security, we're referring to our own, of course."
Which reminds me, if you want to see a comparison of public order
measures in different EU countries, click here.
If
you wonder whether the PISA results on international educational
abilities might not be all they're cracked up to be, here's the
podcast for you. Or if you'd rather read than listen, here's an
article, courtesy of my friend Phil the Chessman. It's pretty
damning.
There was a clever young lady on University Challenge on Monday night. She's reading Anglo Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Cambridge. So, I guess she's heading for a career as an academic and will have her own series on BBC4 with the next 10 to 15 years. Or maybe just a one-off entitled "The Celtic origins of Gallego".
We
had an earthquake at 8 on Sunday night. At least, I thought the loud
rumble and shaking of the house might be a tremor but, since
nothing was broken, I promptly forgot about it. But then I saw a report
in yesterday's Voz
de Galicia,
saying there'd been a few tremors around the area, going up to 3.0 on the
Richter scale. But the paper didn't mention ours, which was a bit
insulting.
Finally
. . . I've owned one or two fast-ish cars over the years, though
nothing like the supercars that feature on Top
Gear.
I mention them now because it struck me this morning that, in a car
which does 0-60 in 2 seconds, I'd probably be able to hit the
pigeons that always manage to escape as reach them. This has nothing
to do with the fact that a pigeon shat on my newspaper in Veggie
Square on Sunday. Twice. And also on my head the first time.
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