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British Red Cross We need a compassionate system Hi Ian, It’s not something everyone knows us for, but the British Red Cross is this country’s largest provider of support to refugees and people seeking asylum.  We’ve got a proud history … Continue reading →

We have a son who lives and works in academia in the USA. Today he posted as follows on Facebook . . . “The problem with all the headlines pointing out that no former President has been indicted before this, … Continue reading →

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 →

We have some good local snappers or perhaps I should say, photographers, who post their stuff on Facebook for everyone’s benefit.