I had to look for reasons to be cheerful over the weekend after spending some time on Thursday at the Eye Hospital and on Friday with my neurologist. Luckily the Golden Croci have decided to steal centre stage in my…
If you are ever misguided enough to think that Beethoven’s Fifth is too familiar and hackneyed a work to get you all excited any more then, I have some advice for you. I have been listening to the excellent Naxos…
British politics is getting exciting again. Well, to tell the truth, I have always found politics exciting but I am a bit of a news nerd. Now, however, we should all enjoy the fun. The latest opinion polls show that…
Now that we are progressing through March, the Sun is getting higher and, looking out of my study window, I can see that it is now getting higher enough to send its restorative rays into my little courtyard garden that…
As I told you yesterday, this week has been all about new beginnings and muddles getting sorted. The big thing yesterday was rationalising my martial arts regime with the help of my long-suffering Kung Fu instructor, Neil Johnson. As I…
It was the start of a new week for all of us but for me I feel a tranche of new beginnings. The sun has begun to rise high enough above the mound at the back of my house to…
I have swallowed a few of those unpalatable things known as Home Truths today. A couple of weeks ago I was feeling really good in the fitness stakes – I had been going to the gym regularly on the new…
So Michael Foot, the former leader of the Labour Party, has died at the age of 96. The British press is giving him the kind of respectful obituaries that he deserved and his memory should be honoured by all of…
A few days ago I had another poem accepted for publication. I was obviously really pleased. I have only been sending material off to publishers since last September and this new success makes it seven poems published since then. I…
Ladies and Gentlemen from overseas, here’s a story about British politics which you might find amusing. Especially if you are citizens of that lovely country Belize that borders Mexico and is the only South American nation in the British Commonwealth.…