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Television is a transient art form

Although I’d happily confess to watching far more television than is good for me, I have only rarely dipped into the realms of cultured middle-class mass viewing – most particularly the seriously cutting edge, hard-hitting, political, thriller-drama series box sets such as Wired, Breaking Bad, [...]

September 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Well that’s hardly news …

On my tour of newspaper websites this morning I alighted upon this report of ITV’s supposed ‘switch off’ stunt designed to encourage its viewers to go outside and take some exercise. It seems that it did not quite have the desired effect with some ITV viewers – see here – THE INDEPENDENT [...]

September 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

That crystal ball thing

It’s now only four days and counting down until rugby union’s 2016/2017 Aviva Premiership season begins and so those of us who are occasionally moved to comment or report upon it have begun sharpening our pencils and making our preparatory notes. Although rugby is still basking in the warm glow [...]

August 30, 2016 // 0 Comments

Something that didn’t smell quite right

Yesterday evening I made a journey into south-west London in order to have the latest in a lengthy line of ‘swift and cheerful’ catch-up early evening meals with my daughter at a local version of a well-known pizza chain establishment. Normally I bomb up to her place in Oxfordshire where she [...]

August 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Stuck in the middle

This weekend I am down at the coast and trying to keep to a routine of doing my new, more strenuous, physio exercises. Now six weeks out from my hip operation (the point at which, anecdotally, most ‘hippers’ are told they should be fit enough to return to work) I am still some way behind where [...]

August 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

An incident in a supermarket

A true story. Yesterday, shortly before 6.00pm, I set off to drive into my local town in order to buy some food provisions that (I had been informed) were absolutely essential if I wished to enjoy the full majesty of my much-anticipated evening meal. My shop of choice for this expedition was [...]

August 26, 2016 // 0 Comments

On your marks – go!

Over the weekend I undertook a shopping expedition to a well-known supermarket not a million miles away from where I live. I’m not naturally a fan of shopping but – when it comes to food – I’ve gradually been trained over the years to become reasonably efficient at it. The only complication [...]

August 15, 2016 // 0 Comments

Karamba!

I may be well into my seventh decade but I have rights and feelings just like any other human being. When you think about the Earth’s insignificance in the vastness of the entire universe and the apparent randomness of the chances of life ever evolving at all, let alone to where it has now, there [...]

August 11, 2016 // 0 Comments

Hip-watch: probably about three stars out of five so far

Next Friday afternoon it will have been four weeks since I had my hip replacement operation and just two weeks until – received opinion has it – most people who’ve had the procedure are advised that they can return to work. Having made spectacular progress in the first couple of weeks as a [...]

August 8, 2016 // 0 Comments

Flying down to Rio

As I type this I am listening to the Opening Ceremony of the Rio Olympics as broadcast on Radio Five Live in the wee hours of a UK morning. I have certain events that I wish to watch but currently have no intention whatsoever to immerse myself in wall-to-wall Olympic-viewing. You can call me a [...]

August 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

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