I yield to a superior

I wrote a letter to The Independent at the weekend pointing out a mistake in their magazine quiz.  The letter hasn't appeared, but they did print another letter that pointed out the mistake, and it was much better than mine:

Tragic error

Your quiz in the Magazine on 22 June lists the three great Greek tragedians as “Aristotle, Sophocles and Euripides”. I’m sure Aeschylus would find it an outstanding example of tragic irony to have his name replaced by that of a critic.

Ben Francis

The Weather

Seems that a common memory for my many European holidays over the past ten years has been sheltering from torrential rain in the shadow of some building.  I remember it happening in Stockholm a couple of years ago, in Vienna, Copenhagen and Prague, and probably the last time I was in Munich.

I went to see the Schloss Nymphenburg this morning, a pretty eighteenth century palace, and it was almost sunny.  Still not hot, but in the upper teens.  Afterwards, I decided to walk over to the Olympic Park, which turned out to be gearing up for the X-games.  As I left, the clouds looked ominous and I decided to head back to my hotel.  Before I got there, it started to rain.  I stopped at a crossroads to check my route and a woman on a bicycle asked me where I was heading.  I said the railway station, as my hotel is right next to it, and she advised me to take a tram.  I thought it didn't seem that far on the map and walked it, and got soaked.