Tag: Life

Saying goodbye to a friend I never met

Like many thousands and possibly millions of others, over the last year or so I have grown to love a man by the name of Steve Evans who has regularly featured on Richard Bacon’s 5 Live afternoon radio show.   Steve is an an extremely funny and wise chap and everyone who has ever listened to… Continue reading Saying goodbye to a friend I never met

Speaking up for Foreign TV and Movies

I’m a big fan of film and television, I don’t mind admitting it.  It has to be the best shows though.  If it is anything vaguely classed as reality or celebrity than it’s not for me.  Really it my television shows have to either have the best actors, best production values or tell a story… Continue reading Speaking up for Foreign TV and Movies

Dungeness – Britain’s only desert

You’d be forgiven for thinking that I have over-indulged this holiday for putting two seemingly mutually exclusive terms in the same sentence, Britain and desert.  Yes I too thought it a bit strange, even more so as it is pouring down with rain outside at this very moment.  However dear reader, I have not lost… Continue reading Dungeness – Britain’s only desert

Hope you had a nice Christmas

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas wherever you are and whatever you did. Our Christmas was very low-key which is how we like it. Most of the morning was spent cooking Christmas Dinner. We fancied being a little extravagant and so had some gammon to supplement the turkey as well as the required… Continue reading Hope you had a nice Christmas

Ghosts of Christmas Past

Firstly, apologies for the small break from blogging for the last week or so but I’ve been unwell with an asthma related chest infection that I seem to get whenever anyone else might suffer from a cold so I’ve been unable to do much more than breathe rather erratically on the edge of a chair… Continue reading Ghosts of Christmas Past

How Google Keeps The Roads Moving

Like pretty much everyone, I used Google nearly every day.  In fact probably dozens of times a day.  I don’t use it as much as I used to due to privacy concerns and there are no shortage of alternative search engines and service providers that don’t misuse my data or let untrustworthy governments spy on… Continue reading How Google Keeps The Roads Moving

Nelson Mandela, the man and the times

When I was growing up as a boy in the 1980’s there were three continual stories that kept coming on the news headlines.  They were all quite similar and the images were almost interchangeable.  Though the world was on edge with the Cold War and people were sad about Tibet and China and the Kurds… Continue reading Nelson Mandela, the man and the times

Depression is no laughing matter

Last week England were thrashed in the first match of the Ashes Tour in Australia.  Though many players performed below par, one player played particularly below his best.  His name is Jonathan Trott and anyone watching the game could see that he wasn’t enjoying himself.   He was described by Australian star David Warner as being… Continue reading Depression is no laughing matter