The Eyes Have It
Sometimes it feels like I have a lot of eyes – not just the more normal two. I never have the feeling that they are looking in time with each other. There could be many of them all competing for…
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Who were the winners and who were the losers in our General Election?
You have to be tough to be a politician. Look at the three leaders of our main political parties here in Britain. They have been travelling round the country electioneering for weeks now, they have appeared in three long and…
The Oil Industry Is Too Oily By Half
I was listening to an interview with the head of BP, the giant oil company that is struggling to contain the devastating oil leak that is threatening whole swathes of land and sea in the Gulf of Mexico putting Louisiana,…
How crazy can we all get by making a change?
When I got up this morning I wondered if it might be a good idea to have lunch instead of breakfast. It would be a change I thought. Also, maybe a cold shower would make a change from the normal…
The Master Singers of Nuremberg really are worth listening to.
One of the great opera productions that I have been lucky enough to see in a life of opera-going was Graham Vick’s award-winning production of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger conducted by Bernard Haitink on the night that the old Royal Opera…
Up The Revolution in the shop across the road!
It is the May Day bank holiday here in Britain and I was wondering what photograph to put up in recognition of the occasion. I didn’t have to look very far because, as usual, the always inventive owner of the…
Gillian Duffy Is Great But We Still Have To Make Up Our Own Minds.
Poor old Gordon! Well maybe not. I have to say though that I am still burying my head in my hands remembering a few things that I have said over the years which I wish I could wipe from my…
Water, water everywhere!
Nearly time for a nice, er……glass of water. Hmmm….delicious. How many sets of kidneys has it been through before it comes out of my tap? Too many for me to want to visualise I think. I believe in sharing to…
Thinking of T.S.Eliot whilst admiring my Magnolia
APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. T.S. Eliot The Wasteland I have been trying to feel miserable this morning. Maybe it is the weather.…
I discover the wonders and dangers of my new heart rate monitor
I just ran up three flights of stairs and my heart rate is 85 beats per minute. Can’t wait for that cup of black coffee but I am wondering what it will do to my heart. Should I be worrying…