My Garden in November
It is a fine mild November day here in Southern England and my small courtyard garden in Lewes Sussex is looking good. I missed it last year as I was in hospital with a brain haemorrhage, in fact I think…
Seeing Double
More is not always better especially when it comes to getting an eye full. I know we shouldn’t say that we have seen enough of the excellent American president but even he would get fed up if this was what…
Who do we want as European President? Who cares?
Do we feel sorry for Fredrik Reinfeldt, the earnest and ever so moderate Swedish Prime Minister? He is the current president of the European Union in the system which is about to be changed where the leader of each EU…
The DC Sniper’s Death Is Sordid and Inhumane
John Allen Muhammad, the 48 year old “DC Sniper” who terrified the Washington area and became one of the biggest international stories of 2002 was executed by lethal injection last night at the Greensville Correctional Center in Virginia, USA. The…
Looking for Miracles
An American clergyman from Boston is visiting Britain at the moment and he is telling everyone how he has been cured by a miracle. I am delighted for him naturally. Apparently this man has had a potentially paralysing spine condition…
Kung Fu Fighting on Remembrance Sunday
I was asked by my kung fu club to take some photographs yesterday morning. My old sparring partner Pete was doing his grading to become a kung fu instructor and I was going along to give him my support but…
Lewes Bonfire On My Doorstep
Bonfire came to my home town of Lewes last night – the roads were closed to motor vehicles and opened to a wonderfully sprawling and anarchic crowd of fire wielding Lewesians in a ceremony that has given Lewes the most…
Why should I have to be ill on Bonfire Night? It so unfair!!
Sometimes I do believe that there are large interfering and ironically spiteful gods up there preordaining our fates. They must be very bored at the moment because they have decided to turn their mischief onto me. How else would they…
I go to see a speech therapist who knows how to swallow
Verbal communication is one of humanity’s greatest achievements – it has taken us out of those caves into the miraculously advanced societies of today and also given us a lot of juicy gossip. Where would we be without it? I…
Sono Inglese
The Czech Republic hasn’t been so important in European affairs since the appalling days of Nazi and Soviet aggression. Now though, it is in all our headlines for gentler reasons. It looks like the final hurdle to the ratification of…