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Remembering a WW2 fighting man

Yesterday I joined my brothers and father at a restaurant in Fulham for an occasional lunch with one of my father’s old school mates D (they first met at public school in the early 1940s) who has been a lifelong friend of the family. Some time ago D’s wife wisely begged leave not to attend [...]

November 5, 2014 // 0 Comments

Signing off with the quack

Yesterday, some six months after my previous visit, I attended an appointment with my consultant at a London hospital in order to assess my progress since being diagnosed with osteoarthritis of the right hip. On the last occasion we met, as part of the experience, I had a second x-ray and a steroid [...]

November 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

So long, farewell ….

In beginning today’s post – a brief comment upon the resignation of Lib-Dem Norman Baker from his role as a Home Office minister – I should perhaps begin with a declaration of (non) interest. I have never voted in any political election, I am not a supporter of any of the three main – [...]

November 4, 2014 // 0 Comments

Informed is better than not (I think)

Media reports today feature the news that medical researchers have now developed a test or series of tests which can tell any individual their supposed ‘brain age’ – and therefore their likelihood of suffering the onset of dementia. See here for an example – by Ian Johnston in THE [...]

November 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

Look at me now, not where I’ve been

It is a fact of life that politicians – and therefore media news and current affairs departments – the world over tend to operate as if we’re living in a ‘rolling news’ 24/7 world. Former UK premier Harold Wilson is attributed with having uttered the line ‘A week is a long time in [...]

November 2, 2014 // 0 Comments

Too many hoops to jump through?

Way back in time my family home boasted an off-shoot of its sloping main lawn that had clearly been carefully levelled for sporting purposes – probably originally a grass tennis court but, by the time we came to own the property, it had officially become a croquet lawn. A proper adult-sized [...]

November 1, 2014 // 0 Comments

Reading the market

I am sometimes asked what is the secret to reading a market and the simple answer is that if I or anyone else knew we would all be multi-millionaires. Take the present share market on the London stock exchange. Some analysts feel that this is the time for rich pickings, others that the recent [...]

October 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

It’s a small step for man …

Rugby league great ‘Slammin’ Sam’ Burgess was unveiled yesterday as a Bath rugby union player amid a degree of media hoo-hah almost matching that for the build-up to the imminent autumn internationals period in the Northern Hemisphere. I am as intrigued as anyone about this switch, especially [...]

October 31, 2014 // 0 Comments

Going round in circles

I’m not a particular fan of Formula One, but I always keep a sideways-slanted look out for its developments largely because of the global business element which is so important to major sports these days. With the US Grand Prix coming up this weekend, it cannot be denied that Formula One is [...]

October 30, 2014 // 0 Comments

About par for the course

Last night I attended my first-ever police liaison group meeting. I had better explain. About a year ago I was coming out of my car park when a couple of guys about my age (60 plus) stopped me for a chat. They were ‘public’ members of the local police liaison group and were ‘walking the [...]

October 29, 2014 // 0 Comments

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