Everyone knows that HRH Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of State for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Less well known is her husband HRH the Duke of Edinburgh or simply Prince Philip as he is known to most people. Having recently celebrated his 94th birthday, he is the oldest ever… Continue reading Prince Philip – Consort, sailor, charity patron, buffoon and god! 100 Prince Philip gaffes.
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Diary Rooms – Being human on the front line in Afghanistan
Following my recent review of Kajaki, I was hit by an unexpected frenzy of interest from those involved with the film participants in the war in Afghanistan in generally. One interesting email I received was from Derek Eland, himself a former Paratrooper who had this time visited Afghanistan in the role of an official war… Continue reading Diary Rooms – Being human on the front line in Afghanistan
How wrong can we be?
We are all used to thinking that things are a lot worse than they actually are. The media make their money from convincing us things are bad and going to get worst. Opposing political parties insist we are all doomed except of course for the government of the day that state things are always on… Continue reading How wrong can we be?
The Great Storm of Saint Jude
Like many people in southern Britain, we have spent the last 4 or 5 days waiting ominously for a great storm to arrive. We were promised that it would be comparable to the “Hurricane” of 1987, an event I very much remember as a child and not just because of an inability to get to… Continue reading The Great Storm of Saint Jude
The Secretive Bilderberg 2013 Meeting in Watford, England.
Taking a little break from my travel countdown, today I am going to be writing on an extraordinary meeting taking place just a mile or so from my home in The Grove Hotel, just outside Watford, England. For several day a mix of Western politicians, bank bosses, corporate billionaires, chief executives and European royalty are… Continue reading The Secretive Bilderberg 2013 Meeting in Watford, England.
Terrrorism returns to London as brave passerby potentially saves many lives.
Yesterday the lunch time news in Britain was headlined by the successful conviction of an IRA terrorist who in 1982 killed 11 people and 7 horses in a twin bombing in London’s Green and Hyde Parks. By 6pm, a new act of terrorism had taken over the news. At about 2.20pm on Wednesday 23rd May… Continue reading Terrrorism returns to London as brave passerby potentially saves many lives.
Margaret Thatcher, her life and legacy
Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher was born the daughter of a Grantham grocer in 1925. Never has a politician so split the country like Mrs Thatcher and as such it will be rather a challenge to give a neural account of her life and career but then Thatcher always preferred people who had wrong opinions than… Continue reading Margaret Thatcher, her life and legacy
History of social classes and does class matter?
Much attention was given in the news this week to the announcement that we in Great Britain no longer live in a society of three classes but what does this mean for us and is it important anyway? Britain is famous for its class system. This is largely due to our long history without internal… Continue reading History of social classes and does class matter?
Strange and unfair taxes
This post was written on the day I lost my dearest Mam and so may not be quite up to my usual efforts but as the saying goes, time and chance happeneth to all so here it is. It was over 200 years that U.S. colonists proclaimed ‘No taxation without representation’ but whether you live… Continue reading Strange and unfair taxes
Body of King Richard III found under council car park
‘Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of Kings’. Well we could do that but the ground outside is frozen at this time of year and besides, the previous sentence refers to King Richard II. Getting to the point, history is being re-written today as archaeologists have confirmed that… Continue reading Body of King Richard III found under council car park
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