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On the way out, but laughing

Being a Ruster, my relationship with large swathes of the modern world – including technology, a bug-bear mentioned recently by my colleague William Byford – is generally tentative or somewhat hit-and-miss and so I set out to compose my post today with positive intent but also with [...]

January 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

Facing forward

As we progress into a new 21st Century decade [or do we? – on Boxing Day a family member told me that some are still arguing whether the Millennium should have been celebrated on 1st January 2000, or rather a year later] some readers may have been turning their minds recently towards measures or [...]

January 2, 2020 // 0 Comments

Assistance required please

Yesterday I was going about my daily business when I first heard the disturbing news that the Cabinet Office has inadvertently published the home addresses of over 1,000 people who feature in New Year’s Honours List on the gov.uk website – see here for a representative report upon the incident [...]

December 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

The festive spirit

Here’s a bit of fun for this time of year. Sometimes I go on the YouTube website in order to entertain myself or remind myself of musical or other performances from the past. Like many websites, YouTube continually ‘remembers’ the choices you make and then offers you new items, on [...]

December 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

The modern way

For a variety of reasons – including personal preference – I am not a great one for fuss, bother and partying at the best of times and this year’s festive period has revolved around a somewhat low-key but warm and close family set-up. A while back it was agreed that, in contrast to previous [...]

December 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

The study of history – not an exact science

Yesterday as a ‘token’ Christmas present from my daughter I received a small paperback book entitled Churchill in Quotes – Wit And Wisdom From The Great Statesman, produced by Ammonite Press with images provided by the Press Association, first published in 2011. To appropriate a [...]

December 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

The hazy days of a summer long gone

Back in the day I once worked with Simon, my immediate boss who was something of a fish out of water – an unworldly accountant, debuting in the crazy world of television, who suffered a degree of difficulty in accepting the norms of an industry that didn’t really have any. Because the [...]

December 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas holiday

Never mind Scott Morrison the Aussie prime minister going on his holidays to Hawaii whilst vast tracts of the south-east of his country goes up in flames; Greta Thunberg ranting at the UN; or even the Extinction Rebellion crew trying to convince us that we must cut carbon emissions to some [...]

December 22, 2019 // 0 Comments

Rotterdam

We both started and ended our trip at the beautiful Rotterdam Central station. Rotterdam is Holland’s second city and as its denizens like to say “Rotterdam makes it and Amsterdam spends it.” It’s also the fourth largest port in the world. The Dutch Golden Age of Art has to be seen in [...]

December 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

Of mice and supermen

As we enter the full-on festive season bombarded in the media by informed choices of 2019’s highlights in every walk of life and salutes to those high-achieving or notable individuals “who left us” during the past twelve months, today I wanted to pen few words upon one of the latter. Reading [...]

December 21, 2019 // 0 Comments

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