In the early afternoon of Friday 15 March 2019, a heavily-armed man invaded a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, and began systematically murdering people, while live-streaming his actions on Facebook. He moved on to another mosque and killed others, before a brave man tackled him and he fled, possibly to carry out a third […]

Look at photos or video of any major kite festival almost anywhere in the world, and what do you see? Almost certainly the answer will be mainly huge line laundry items from the Peter Lynn Kites factory, held up by pilot kites from the same source. These items – the whales, octopuses, dragons, pigs, horses, […]

If you are a “serious” kite-flier – by which I mean someone with a collection of kites that you enjoy using in a display to entertain others – then you may well be asked to take part in various events as part of the entertainment.

Unfortunately, it’s true that those who should be promoting kite-flying make little effort to do so.