When Will the All-Clear Sound I have a photograph taken in the late eighties of myself and a group of school children stood on the steps of number ten Downing Street. Smiling faces look out upon a scene of peace and quiet and a sense of pride pervades the ambience. The children particularly would have […]
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It’s No Yolk
I recently purchased a magazine which carried a free one inside subtitled “All you need to know about keeping chickens” such a battery of fowl knowledge would have left you with not much change from a fiver, had it not been given away. Its sixty page guide to the simplest example of animal husbandry in […]
Read MoreObservation – Mismatch Of The Day
In 2019 the former footballer Paul Gascoigne a man who would not be your first choice when looking to form a quiz team, spent several days in a Crown Court in front of a judge and jury for planting an albeit unwanted kiss on the face of a lady. Whatever you think of him one […]
Read MoreObservation – Nope Siree Bob
If you have a mind to call me a grumpy old git then be my guest, I couldn’t care less. I am expecting at any time to meet someone on the street opening and closing their mouth like an oxygen starved gold fish, probably as a result of watching one for a few minutes. The […]
Read MoreObservation – To Have and Have Not
I was talking to a young lady recently who wore a pair of jeans that exposed her knees, she told me that they had cost her more than normal jeans and some designer ones could cost up to three hundred pounds and were the bee’s knees of chic, can you imagine there are people starving […]
Read MoreObservation – A Fool’s Paradise
Gluttons for Punishment Imagine falling asleep on a glorious summer’s day and not waking for a very long time. The last thing you see as your eyes close is the beautiful weeping willow tree in the garden. Eventually you are awakened by the sound of a Christmas carol sung by an unseen choir. As you […]
Read MorePoetry -The 5.15 at Aintree
Reflected in that equine eye I see Something only peace conveys to me. Where swallows skim and buttercups prevail, And gads are drifted by a swishing tail. Where larks ascend then fall to meadows green In this lush place where God’s own hand has been. I gently stroke that twitching chestnut skin, And palm a […]
Read MoreComment – Keep The Faith
There are some radicals in our land who believe that one day their flag will fly above Downing Street, whether you believe this or not it appears to be on someone’s wish list. Many of our churches have been closed and converted to places of worship by other faiths. Judging by the attendance at recent […]
Read MoreComment – Why A Maverick?
There are incidents in life that not only shape your character but shape your future too, often in a profound way. Recently whilst watching my flock of homing pigeons flying in a cloudless sky apparently for the sheer joy of it, I had a flashback to my youth. My dad was a keen pigeon fancier […]
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