Monthly Archives: March 2023

I thought I might use some of Howard Phipps engravings to illustrate some of the places where we lived or visited. We lived in the Cotswold twice. The first time we were in a caravan near Bourton on the Water … Continue reading →

I have been a subscriber to Computeractive magazine for many years, but of late as a Linux user driven to be so by the action of Microsoft’s introduction of Windows 11, I have found it to be less and less … Continue reading →

Think Broadband asked for a full review of our broadband provider – here is what I said . . . “BT Broadband by FTTC and copper wires to the house continue to give steady and reliable service. So far, and … Continue reading →

The author of this article – pinched from Facebook – is the author, Michael Rosen, members of whose family were imprisoned by the Nazis, a fact that Wikipedia does not mention – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rosen “Peter Hitchens challenged people (Gary Lineker in … Continue reading →

There is a piece in this week’s “Church Times” – not exactly seen as a hotbed of revolution by a lady, Kate Chesterman, who describes herself as “solidly white middle class”. She says her husband is retired so I guess … Continue reading →

All rapidly thawing a few hours later. No tobogganing today then !

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, writes on Facebook . . . “I’m so honoured and grateful that His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III and the Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem have consecrated the Chrism oil that will be used to anoint … Continue reading →