I’m very excited to introduce to you all the newest addition to our Handy magazine range – Handy Binary + Hexoku! The latest craze for lovers of sudoku, these puzzles offer a fun twist on the original format, and only require logical thinking, not maths skills, to solve. With more than 120 binary and [more…]
The popular myth of the founding of Rome is the story of twins Romulus and Remus who were reared by a wolf. They decided to build a city but when Romulus killed Remus after a quarrel, in 753 BC, the city was named Rome after Romulus. There are other theories though, such as the [more…]
Papa, Vader, Baba, Apa, Dad, Daddy… There are many ways to say ‘father’, and many different definitions of the English word ‘father’ in the dictionary. Your father is your male parent, or a man who has raised you, a man can father a child, and a man who invented or started something can be [more…]
To give your word is to make a promise. If you keep your promises, then you’re as good as your word. You can put in a good word for someone, or have the last word, meaning ‘to make the closing remark of an argument’ but when something is the last word, it means it’s [more…]
Did you know that Australia and New Zealand are world famous for their coffee? It’s true, our coffee trends are copied as far away as London and New York. London has some top cafes dedicated to the antipodean style.
Yet it wasn’t always this way. Back in the 70s and 80s, the coffee was usually [more…]
Domestic geese have been used for centuries as watch animals and guards, because they make fierce watchdogs, which the Romans were grateful for in 390BC. The geese alerted them to an attack by the Gauls and saved the day.
But I wonder why we say they are silly? Maybe there is something about the way [more…]
The iron horse once referred to railway engines, and originally, the output of such engines was measured in horsepower as a way of comparing the efficiency of this iron horse against its flesh-and-blood namesake. Unsurprisingly, the steel beast came out on top, further affirming that a motorised community was a more efficient community.
To keep [more…]
