It's Impossible! Above, a diagram of the USN’s 5 inch 38 calibre Mark 12 in the twin mounting. As usual with this…
Mob rule! The criminal damage that was committed the other day by an angry racist mob (above) when they pulled down a…
The man is not for mourning. This morning – if the BBC is to be taken as one’s moral compass – at the eleventh hour I…
A question of competence. “Dad” many, many years ago. The most competent man I ever met was my late father, Bernard H. G Rogers,…
Happy St. George's Day! This St. George’s Day is a happy one for me. Why? Because today SSE PLC have very kindly paid by…
Crude oil, crude oil everywhere…. Nor any drop being used! Apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Samuel Taylor Coleridge epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is one of the…
Nam Honestus Sacrificium. A female journalist being interviewed on the BBC in the now customary home to studio video link opined her dislike…
The sensible (below left) and the stupid (below right). Yesterday we commended the BBC presenter Sophie Raworth for her excellent piece of journalism giving her online readership a pictorial…
Running to work! To say that we are living in strange times is an understatement. The following link to the BBC website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-52155029)…
If I should die, think only this of me: That there is a stash of toilet rolls beneath the stairs and a box of biscuits to chomp upon with a cup of tea. Above, The Crossgates Shopping Centre, Crossgates Leeds today and inset, the then Arndale Centre in 1969. April 4th 1976 was…