Last month I wondered why a small village in Cambridgeshire should be twinned with the celebrated German city of Weimar. Now comes an email from the eagle-eyed James Miller who reveals that
The “Weimar” twinned with Sawtry is not the grand seat of European culture.
In fact it’s a small district about 10km south of Marburg, in Hessen, on the river Lahn.
The main town is Niederweimar (try Googe images).
It’s nice to have these puzzles solved.
Is there a photography gene? I ask because two of my boys are already accomplished photographers. Witness this extraordinary picture taken by Pete in Old Street, London.
This week’s Economist has a fascinating report of research into the way mobile phones are taxed in developing countries. The findings are summarised in this chart.
The conclusion is obvious: there’s a strong inverse relationship between consumer take-up of the technology and the level of taxation. And it exposes a wider tragedy, because there’s no doubt that wide dissemination of mobile phones could be an important driver of innovation in countries with poor fixed communications infrastructures.