Brazil is one of the (many) countries I would love to visit, and I'm sure I'm not the only person who thinks that. One of my friends has just sent me this very interesting, yet also alarming, article about Brazil and the way people live/survive there....

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A lot of people have told me how much they appreciated the comment by Dave Barry about meetings that I recently quoted. I regularly read Barry's articles and I have a couple of his books - absolutely hilarious! I will write a blog fairly soon about Dave...

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In France, it is now possible to insult the President without the risk of going to prison! Now this news may both surprise and intrigue you – why would I want to insult the president, you may ask – but this news is the result of a long and protracted...

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In an earlier post, I explained why I often use enigmas and lateral thinking problems in training (see http://petersanderson-dykes.over-blog.com/enigmas-to-solve) Here is number three; enjoy! MEETING IN A PUB It had been a relatively quiet day in the...

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I’ve read quite a few articles following the birth of the new Prince of Cambridge – but then again, who hasn’t? One of them I found particularly thought provoking by Seumas Milne in the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/23/cut-anti-democratic-dynasty-out-of-politics)...

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People seem to love making predictions of one sort or another – football results, presidential election… and, of course, the weather! And in some coutries and cultures, people love betting on these same things. The current craze, of course, concerns the...

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In the first two matches in this year’s Ashes tournament, the Decision Review System (DRS) has come in for a lot of criticism. Errors made, umpire’s decision controversially overturned, it has led to a debate as to what is the “Spirit of Cricket”. After...

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In an earlier post, I explained why I often use enigmas and lateral thinking problems in training (see http://petersanderson-dykes.over-blog.com/enigmas-to-solve) Here is the second one; enjoy! CARDIFF RAINBOW At long last, the rain stopped, and Stanley...

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In an earlier post, I explained why I often use enigmas and lateral thinking problems in training (see http://petersanderson-dykes.over-blog.com/enigmas-to-solve) Here is the first one; enjoy! WIMBLEDON RAIN People often think that it rains all the time...

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INTRODUCTION Over the years, I've collected a large number of lateral thinking problems and enigmas. Most of them, regrettably, seem to include stories of people dying in really strange and often far-fetched ways. Others appear as fairly ordinary stories...

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