March 3 was World Book Day this year and many schools encourage students to dress up as a favourite character from a book. I was delighted that one young reader dressed as Amanda in Spain! Her aunt sent me a picture. How special is that? I love seeing who children choose to dress up as. […]

World Book Day 2022

• Spare Thoughts #02 : The Most Dangerous Expression
  Finally putting this somewhere.
• Spare Thought #01: Beginnings
  Nobody has ever waited for permission to start a movement. They just move, slightly before the signal, and hope someone follows. Most don’t, yet sometimes three people do, then they become a crowd, then the crowd becomes inevitable.Spare Thoughts is a series of my short, numbered observations No. 01 is below. The rest are coming.
• Building The United States’ Golden Dome Missile Defense System And How To Start A Space War
  In May 2025, the world got a first-hand look at what a modern missile defense system looks like during a major international conflict, when Israel attacked Iran and triggered a rapid retaliation. What most people saw was a piece of Israeli Missile Defense system referred to as the Iron Dome. But that name hides a more complicated reality. The Iron Dome is only the lowest …
• IshowSpeed coming to Zimbabwe
  Marondera – Darren Jason Watkins Jr., the American internet personality better known as IShowSpeed, is expected to visit Zimbabwe as part of an ambitious tour spanning 20 African countries, a move that signals a growing shift in how global digital culture engages with the continent. Watkins, just 20 years old, has become one of the most influential livestreamers of his generation, commanding tens of millions …