Hannover Police showing confiscated Besseres Hannover flag I love Twitter the social networking site that encourages the concise use of language and, yes, freedom of expression. For all those moaning voices that lament the modern age of the Worldwide Web, I…
Horace Regular readers of this blog will be delighted, I hope, to learn that my old friend Horace the spider is back in his usual Autumnal place outside my bathroom window. Now, before spider experts start lecturing me on my…
Head clear day – pure minimalism. Hmm. Tabula Rasa. Arvo Pärt. Hmmm.
I’m now in the second week of my new fitness regime set by my instructor Phil. He has got me working out on the weight machines three times a week with two days spent just doing a leisurely 25 minute…
I foolishly wished for a wet weekend, as discussed in yesterday’s blog, hoping to find time to spend listening to Brahms’ First Symphony without any temptations to venture outside. My idea was frustrated though when the rain cleared and my…
It was raining here in Lewes, UK, this morning and the sky was angry and dark. Great I thought, I can stay in and do indoor things, weekend, lazy, self-indulgent things. My gym schedule rules that I shouldn’t do any…
Bug-free at last, I’ve been going back to the gym over the last few weeks continuing on my fitness “come-back” after four years of gradual progress after that dreaded brain haemorrhage. I’ll be celebrating Haemorrhage Day on October 30th –…
I was bemoaning our fate here in Britain recently as the political party conference season inflicted on us a string of our most senior politicians trying to seduce us with rhetoric, propaganda, eye wash, and, well, tosh. What a relief…
Sometimes life gets too busy for decision-making or maybe it is because I have a Libran personality with that famous reluctance to make decisions or, most likely, I’m just a little bit OCD but recently I’ve taken to playing all…
So, OK, Ed went to a comprehensive school, Nick is sorry and Dave’s just a regular guy. It is all true I”m sure but I think we have heard all this before. They are perfectly decent blokes I suspect, our…