Like beauty, whether or not something is funny is very much in the eye of the beholder. Some will find the sight of someone slipping on a banana skin funny. Others will find humour in the behaviour of politicians, or the foibles of human behaviour. When bloggers are writing about …

Tattoos are permanent markings made by inserting ink under the skin. The word in English is thought to come from a Polynesian language, and to have been brought to Europe by Captain Cook and his sailors. The practice has, however, been known in many parts of the world, with the …

A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink under the skin. The word in English is thought to come from a Polynesian language, and to have been brought to Europe by Captain Cook and his sailors. The practice has, however, been known in many parts of the world, …

Russia is the world's largest country, covering much of Eurasia and a total of more than one eighth of the planet's land area and almost double the size of the United States. Politically Russia is a federation, which was created when the USSR broke up in 1991. Bloggers are often …

Horses are scientifically described as Equus caballus, being one of the eight surviving species of the family Equidae. They were first domesticated by humans some time between 4,500BC and 2,000BC, probably in a number of places across Eurasia. Most horses now living in the wild are descended from these, although …

Venezuela is a state in South America. It was the site of Christopher Columbus's first continental landing in South America, after which it soon became a Spanish colony. The nation won independence  in 1821 under the leadership of its native son, Simon Bolivar and it has been a democracy continuously …

In a 2008 survey of the American blogsphere, women were equally represented among blog readers, and broadly equally represented among blog creators. If you're looking for women bloggers, you'll find many gathered together at Blogher (which holds annual conferences), and through blog carnivals such as the Carnival of Feminists, and …

Haifa Wahbi is a Lebanese singer, actress and model who first came to fame as the runner-up Miss Lebanon in 1995. Her official website describes her style as "a unique combination of simplicity and glamour", which you can sample on You Tube. She attracts fervent public attention and has drawn …

Icebreaker is a term that bloggers might be using in various ways. They might be talking about the ships that cut through sea, river or canal ice, making a passage for other ships, or allowing scientific exploration. The first and perhaps most famous of these was the Russian Krasin, built …

Freegans are people who aim to limit their participation in the conventional monetary economy, and to minimise their ecological footprint. The neologism was coined from "free" and "vegan". The movement is best known for the practice of "dumpster-diving", getting food freshly discarded from shops, particularly supermarkets, which is both cost-free, …