Alan Liptrot

Do you know why Ouzo appears milky? No? I’ll tell you then; It’s the anethole (be careful how you say it) you see. Anethole is what supplies the aromatic taste to Ouzo, and it dissolves in alcohol, but not in water, so when Ouzo is...

It began after me and Thoughtful Mark had been on a tour. The tour was OK, but there was something missing. Yes, the route was good, the hotels were fine and the tour leaders were efficient.

Imagine this; you’re walking down the high street and you bump into an old friend. ‘How are you doing?’ she asks. ‘How am I doing what?’ ‘You know, how are you getting along. I haven’t seen you in a while.’...

The other day, I took the chance to watch again that fantastic movie ‘The Great Escape’. As I watched Bud Ekins take the place of Steve McQueen, to jump the wire fence on his Triumph, I began to wonder about the role of the motorcycle...