Great International Food Moments #1

From Bangkok airport: Pepsi Fire (cinnamon-flavoured Pepsi); freeze-dried durian ("Kate, could you really stop eating that? I'm getting nauseated.")

State of the Attempted Crush

Tiny flickers. Black jumper during Confidential. Nice snap on Beeb's Aliens of London site. Bring on the nipples I say.

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On the subject of respected and loved but flawed figures, a New Statesman article on Pope John Paul II points out the damage his opposition to contraception did to Africa, including the spreading of the lie that condoms don't stop HIV.