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Out on the water

A couple of days ago I popped off to the south coast with my son Barry, who is in the UK on a brief visit. When he first arrived I put him on my car’s insurance, since when he’s been driving around the country in it, having medicals, and meeting up with business contacts and personal friends. [...]

April 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

Everyone’s at it (“oh no they’re not!”)

It seems close to a truism to state that every generation lives within the prevailing sexual laws, morals and social niceties of its own era. Take Britain for example – and my apologies for the imminent sweeping generalisations – King Henry VIII plainly ‘put it about a bit’. In the [...]

April 14, 2016 // 0 Comments

A ‘nothing’ day with something

Yesterday promised and then delivered bright warm sunshine and I awoke facing nothing more than an in-tray full of correspondence, perhaps a phone-call or two to make and then maybe a trip to the health club at some point in the late afternoon. Then two telephone calls caused things to change. The [...]

April 13, 2016 // 0 Comments

Different worlds

My son Barry, a professional seaman, is currently back in the country for one of his rare visits – having his annual medical and catching up with friends and family before returning to Spain where he is based. We have been having some interesting conversations because he has an inquiring mind and [...]

April 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

A fun reunion but no thanks to this

9th April 2016 – European Challenge Cup Quarter Final – Harlequins v London Irish at the Stoop. Result: Harlequins 38 London Irish 30. This was a hard-fought, at times entertaining, but ultimately wholly unsatisfying contest that left this Quins fan still sipping from his ‘glass half [...]

April 10, 2016 // 0 Comments

One things leads to another …

Going down through history, one wouldn’t doubt that being Prime Minister of the United Kingdom must be one of the most frustrating jobs in world politics. You fight your way to the top of the greasy pole – and then the greasy electoral poll; you receive the keys to Number 10 Downing Street; you [...]

April 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

Unintended consequences

My humble nature prevents me crowing about it, but the latest development in what is now called the Panama Papers crisis, coming hard upon the heels of my post on the topic yesterday, does not surprise me in the least – see here – CAMERON OWNS UP I feel justified in assuring those concerned [...]

April 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

A taxing matter

Depending upon the way you look at the world – or perhaps actually even irrespective of how you look at it – there are some spectacular ironies and side-issues springing from the current furore over what, for shorthand purposes, I shall herein refer to as the ‘Panama Papers’ scandal. I’m [...]

April 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

What makes the world go around

The thing that amazes me about the Establishment and politicians is that things never change. In recent months I’ve just been getting on with my life, watching the world go by in the background, but I guess the fact is, as someone once said – I thought it was John Lennon in his lyrics to [...]

April 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

When push comes to shove …

Sometimes in life – and in the world’s press or social media – it becomes a case of ‘You couldn’t make it up’. Over the past fortnight I’ve noticed stories on the classier newspaper websites about the prospect that, in the not too far off future, not only will women be able to [...]

April 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

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