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 no view of the future, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]