A decent fountain throws water up into the air to refract sunlight and cool the surroundings, writes Terry Prone

When I gave it a bit more thought though, I fell half in love with the idea of having my own personal robot to mind me, writes Terry Prone.

The degree was an opportunity for Cowen to make a speech. A lengthy speech. Fifty minutes, writes Terry Prone

This is not a man caught out inflating a reality. This is a man caught out believing nonsense, writes Terry Prone

Unlike most previous Popes, Francis doesn’t buzz off to Castel Gandolfo for a cool holiday during these summer months, when Rome becomes a swelter of stickiness. 

You have to wonder about legislators bringing in law that is, inevitably, going to make employers not currently gagging to employ females even less likely to want them, writes Terry Prone

Designated Driver is useful cover. You can say you’re not drinking and everybody just moves on, writes Terry Prone

THE picture was of a line of schoolboys headed for class. At first glance, nothing remarkable about them. At second glance, something very remarkable about them, writes Terry Prone. 

Never in the history of humanity has prosperity and waste danced together in such lockstep, writes Terry Prone

The fact is that, although the outward and visible sign was poor communications, the underlying policy reality was the problem, writes Terry Prone.