An eerie day in Richmond, Virginia
I spent some interesting time in Richmond, the State capital of Virginia in the very hot Summer of 1995. It was hot for me anyway being a mere Brit on a foreign trip. I was working on a television programme…
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My brain scan results, six months after the haemorrhage
It has been a time of mixed feelings. I have had the results of my brain scan and my neurologist says that the results are “very reassuring.” I take this as medical speak for “fantastic” or, as people say these…
Rising to the Occasion
When President Barack Obama met the recently elected Israeli Prime Minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, he said to the press that he believed that Mr. Netanyahu was “going to rise to the occasion. Let’s hope so. The Israeli prime minister was in…
Hints of Summer in My Courtyard Garden
It is that time of year, in my garden at least, when Spring is waving goodbye and Summer is still unpacking its luggage. In their terracotta pots, the tomatoes are shooting up, my strawberries are in bloom and my raspberries…
House Arrest
I wonder what it is like to be under house arrest. Before I was ill, I used to think it was a cushy number. You could stay in all day, watching television, reading books, playing the mandolin and other relaxing…
Crowd Scenes at Lewes Market
I haven’t been out much recently. You might have wanted to tell me that I should get out more – people get funny when they are indoors a lot but those that know me better think I was a bit…
British MPs – naughty but still boring
We are all loving our politicians here in Britain at the moment. Politics has been really boring in the newspapers with all that financial stuff and, let’s be honest, we just don’t understand it but that has all been changed…
Bang Bang, You’re Dead
My father was an army man. Whilst my brothers and I were running around pretending to be commandos, cowboys or invading spacemen, someone asked him what he would do if this country re-introduced conscription into the armed forces. Emigrate, he…
A Red Letter in the MRI Scanner
Last Friday was another one of those dates that have had a red circle round it on my calendar for some time now. I like this tradition. You have your favourite picture calendar on the wall and you get that…
My Adventures in The Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Pauls
An American downtown skyscraper on a dull Sunday morning. I spent some memorable times in the great Northern state of Minnesota, both good and bad. I was thinking about this whilst sorting through some old photographs which I have just…