Coming is the winter of discontent!
As the Russia-Ukraine war of attrition drags on, the consequences of defeat for each of the belligerents become more severe.…
Year: 2025
Laughing and crying all the way to the merchant bankers!
Above, a deeply distressed man taking what he thought was the only way out during the Wall Street Crash of…
Tails wagging dogs and other matters!
Above, the actress Miss Dakota Johnson wearing a metal “dress” – in addition to a pair of shoes – on…
DO as we say! NOT do as we do!
Today’s blog-post is brief. Very brief! Why? Herewith a link to the website (https://cop30.br/en) of the COP30 meeting where the…
Preventing a suicide?
Many years ago, my late father told me of a tragedy. It was about a man (a small holding farmer)…
The worst of nightmares……………
It is impossible to imagine the grief, sense of loss and the sense of guilt and self reproach obtaining in…
Uneasy lies that head that once wore a coronet!
As he reflects upon his situation, the man the world’s press will take great delight in calling Mr Mountbatten-Windsor will…
Do NOT look up!!!!!
Today in West Cornwall the sun is shining unobscured by the omnipresent cloud cover that is a regular feature round…
NOT a very model of a modern royal!
There is much discussion in the mainstream media and amongst the alternative media in cyberspace about the man currently styled…
Not a dingy boarding house in Boulogne-sur-Mer!
Above the Castle of Mey – formerly Barrogill Castle. Half way along the coast of Caithness between Dunnet Head to…