Monthly Archives: October 2021

UPS just came to the door with a new Tom Tom Sat Nav for me. The driver apologetically said that there was a £54+ import charge to pay. “What happens if I say no thank you” I said. “It just … Continue reading →

With thanks to Matt Green

Another copy and paste job – an illuminating look at lorry driving in the UK . . . PoliticsHome – The House Truck Stop: an EU lorry driver’s view of the haulage crisis Tomasz Orynski 22 October As British people … Continue reading →

From Prospect Magazine . . . POLITICS BREXIT EUROPEAN UNION NORTHERN IRELANDBrexit means Brexit: Theresa May’s slogan was truer than she knewThe former prime minister’s hollow catchphrase captured a fundamental truth—just not the one she thought it did ByJonathan Lis … Continue reading →

In recent weeks we have experienced two collapses in the world of the web. The first of these was something to do with a fire suppression system being triggered at Red Bee Media which took Channel 4 off the air, … Continue reading →

Another good read from Donna Leon – first published in 1994, so 27 years old now. The body of a man is found, dressed in woman’s clothing. The knee jerk reaction is that the deceased was a transvestite and a … Continue reading →

Compared with the extraordinary utterances that pass for speeches from the present Conservative benches how refreshing it is to read something said by a woman who has no doubt steered many of the discussions behind this speech, has mastered (mistressed … Continue reading →

Found this today after not understanding a post on Twitter – “Read the Exhortation”. See ? Twitter has its uses. * * * * * The Exhortation ……. its originsI’ve today been asked where the words for The Exhortation came … Continue reading →

Lord Puttnam has resigned from the House of Lords and the Guardian newspaper has reproduced the gist of what he said in his retirement speech – I have copied and pasted the article below. It is a much precised version … Continue reading →

This is an experiment – a post on to this blog concocted by the miracles of science from a review on Goodreads. The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen This book has arrived from Postscript Books. Had a sneak peep and it … Continue reading →