When was the last time you said Sorry to someone? It’s not something that any of us like to do and it is something that many of us don’t do. Often it is the people who should say Sorry the most that do so the least. Saying sorry implies that you did something wrong and… Continue reading An unapologetic guide to saying Sorry
Category: Life
The death of the Aral Sea
Once the fourth largest inland body of water in the world and half the size of England has over the last few decades almost totally disappeared. The Aral Sea sits in the middle of the Kyzylkum Desert fed by the two rivers, the Syr Darya and Amu Darya. It wasn’t really a sea but a… Continue reading The death of the Aral Sea
The mixed blessing of reviews
Are you the sort of person who likes to know the truth of what someone thinks of you? Most people do, some people don’t. I’m firmly in the latter and would entirely rather not know anyone, at any time, anywhere thinks of me unless it is 100% positive. I know it is said that it… Continue reading The mixed blessing of reviews
My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections
Do any of you remember the old fashioned telephones. I don’t mean just the ones that have a cable that connects into the wall but those with a dial on the front rather than push-buttons. I always liked those phones for some reason. Maybe it was the noises the analogue lines would make when it… Continue reading My life is too short for long scroll-bar selections
Red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all? 15 minutes of fame on the Danny Baker Show
I thought a while on what to title this post. I settled on 15 minutes of fame for reasons that will become clear but it might as easily be ascribed the title “How I ended up sitting on the throne of the King of Jordan”. Every Saturday morning when I am either out walking or… Continue reading Red sauce, brown sauce or no sauce at all? 15 minutes of fame on the Danny Baker Show
Is the ALS Bucket Challenge a waste of time?
It’s been hard to move on the internet or television the last few weeks without stumbling over a video of the great and the good or at least the self-publicist celebrities volunteering to have themselves splashed with ice and cold water in the name of a good cause. Motor-Neurone disease or ALS as it is… Continue reading Is the ALS Bucket Challenge a waste of time?
A field of dreams and memories
Yesterday on my way to collect a customer for a half day tour to Woburn Abbey, I found myself with 15 minutes to spare so I took the opportunity to visit my old childhood park, somewhere I had only visited once in the last ten years and that being seven years ago. It is only… Continue reading A field of dreams and memories
Robin Williams – Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside
The sad news of Robin Williams untimely death this week has brought forth the expected tide of tributes to this man who made millions laugh around the world and rightfully so. He wasn’t ever my favourite comedian, far from it, though I did like Mrs Doubtfire and much of Good Morning Vietnam which sadly I… Continue reading Robin Williams – Laughing on the outside, crying on the inside
21st century genocide – The Yazidi
Few can have escaped seeing the footage in the last week of the “genocide” being inflicted on the Yazidi people in Iraq. To many they are just another bad news story but for various reasons I have always had an affinity for the Yazidi and the closely related Zoroastrians. The recent massacres of the Yazidi… Continue reading 21st century genocide – The Yazidi
The Lamps are going out all over Europe
It is now 100 years since this famous phrase was first uttered by Sir Edward Grey to describe the ominous feeling that Europe and perhaps the world was about to slip into a war more bloody than most could ever imagine. His remarks were made on the evening of the 3rd August whilst looking out… Continue reading The Lamps are going out all over Europe
Stephen Liddell 