Brexit: Passing the parcel!
As the parliamentary parade of perfidious politicians posture and pose on the nation’s TV screens, one is often left for…
Year: 2019
“Lima…. Sierra…. Delta…. Roger that. Over.”
Above, the pop song, “Lucy in the sky with diamonds”. Yesterday, I went for my daily walk along the coast.…
Welcome to Truth or Consequences!
Above, the now famous exit sign on Interstate 25. The history of the Truth or Consequences (T or C), the…
On the march!
In April 1801, one William Roskilly (34), convicted of burglary in Mawgan, was hanged at Bodmin gaol. The hanging took…
Clocks run fast in Westminster!
It is former Prime Minister Harold Wilson who is commonly credited with coining the phrase, “a week is a long…
Wo ein Wille ist, ist auch ein Weg // Where there is a will, there is a way.
Above, King George I by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt. It hangs in the National Portrait Gallery (https://www.npg.org.uk/). In relation to…
Sensible and insensibility. (Apologies to Jane Austen)
One of my many failings people say is that I am too much a creature of habit. One of these…
Virtue cycling!
Above (main picture), The Vaalserberg – a hill with a height of 1,058 feet (322.4 metres) above mean sea level…
Brexit: Gone insane!
When the [British] [political] world appears to have gone insane, one is left to ask the question: Is it them…
The past can cast a long shadow.
Above, the now famous photograph of the Duke of York pictured with Miss Virginia Roberts (then 17) in 2001. “It…