Bolivia's altiplano is among the most beautiful places on earth. I just completed a road trip through the area.

Potosi's silver boom gave rise to the greatest pillage in history - and 7 million Indians paid the price.

The Bondi Beach murders were fuelled by confusion over Israel and jewishness. Sadly, Israel itself strongly encourages the confusion.

Cal Orcko in Bolivia is the largest dinosaur foot print site in the world. It is also waking Sucre up from a long slumber.

San Miguelito ranch in Bolivia is one of the most impressive nature destinations I have ever visited.

Life came from outer space. Today, we know this with even greater certainty. Religious explanations for life continue their retreat.

Restaurant Hostal de la Placa is a traditional Catalan restaurant of very high standard.

Welcome to the Tyranny of Stupid, where you fear the men you disdain.

Anti-immigration policies are a distraction that enable our politicians to not deal with the real issues that matter to voters.

Drug smuggling and people-smuggling obey the same economic incentives. Governments have failed to stop both. What do we do now?

It is well-known among petty criminals that half of all Barcelonians use '1714' as PIN code on their credit cards. But why?

International relations are now dictated by the strong and the ruthless, who behave like school yard bullies. With no sign of effective opposition, things will get even worse.

There have always been strong parallels drawn between chess and geopolitics. This is as true today as in the past. Naroditsky paid the price.

Rather than die the rural death, the small farming village of Penelles turned to street art.

The Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded for insights into the drivers of long-term economic growth. The US government is heading the wrong way as far as growth policy is concerned.

Loyalty to social media platforms is deeply misplaced. Manipulation is designed to trap the feeble-minded. You do not belong there. Move on.

The Dalí Theatre & Museum in Figueres is quite something. It houses the best collection of Dalí works anywhere in the world.

Lying in Western politics has assumed unprecedented scale and severity. Democratic reform is urgently needed to resurrect political integrity.

Mountain biking in the hills above Cabrils and Argentona is rewarding on autumn mornings.

Many men died in the mines in Svalbard. They say the mines are haunted. I went to check for myself.