It was gone ten this morning before I got an opportunity to say more than “would you like a coffee?” to my wife; and by that time she’d already been in a couple of remoteContinue reading
Category: Observation
Me & Mick (Mick & Me)
“Fond Memories of Kentish Town” is an interesting example. I started it myself because I had very fond memories of the area I grew up in, but the group I’d originally joined, where I’d enjoyedContinue reading
Humanity or Hypocrisy?
If you’ve spent any time on social media recently (and frankly who hasn’t in these locked down days?), you can’t have failed to notice a rash of posts complaining about how cruel people are beingContinue reading
A Reflection On Connection
I remember the 1975 referendum to stay in the common market. I was nine years old I didn’t understand what was going on but I remember the sense that something important was happening, something thatContinue reading
Spare the rod…
…Spoil the chances of producing yet another generation who believe that the best way to teach a child respect is to beat it into them. To be honest I was under the impression that outside of theContinue reading
No Shit Sherlock!
As someone who has been quite rightly much maligned over the years for his lazy, unacademic, non journalistic writing and occasional ranting, I’ve got to say that it was très reassuring to be informed by this morning’s Today ProgrammeContinue reading
Click Bait & the Inverse Rule
This video is entitled “Harley Davidson owners ride off cliff”, which would appear to be overstating it somewhat, “HD owners topple into ditch” would be a bit more accurate! However putting the hyperbole to one side for a moment,Continue reading
You can’t patent something that occurs naturally
It was interesting to hear the furore about cannabis on this morning’s news (especially after that naughty Billy Hague spoke out in the Torygraph, demanding that it be legalised! But that’s very much a side issue; a debateContinue reading