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Turkey in Photos I had a comment from Kerem today regarding a mention I made of Ephesus a year or two ago. He was the owner of this photogra...

Looking through pictures of theatre and movie stars of long ago I was struck by our need of 'celebrity.' Today we have lots of medi...

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the ...

What a wonderful evening! The miserable experience on Saturday of struggling against Falkirk are long behind us now. This was a well deserve...

How long is a piece of string? No that is not a statement about my Chinese mate, it is a question, a question that ought to ask, "Where...

This morning I awoke at around 20 minutes past eight. I was delighted to have forced myself back to sleep, several times, but eventually fac...

To brain dead these days to write much, as you may have seen! However the bug is slowly leaving and occasionally I find my eyes open, only o...

Look at that rain! Rain, in the 'driest county in England,' at that! It's a disgrace! What can be done in such weather? The rain...

The 'Daily Mail' and other right wing press, are going full out in attacking the striking postmen. This is no surprise. For many ye...

3Para While flying home for my mothers funeral I got chatting to a man from 3 Para about Afghanistan. This was an interesting conversation w...

At the beginning of the book, 'In Search of H.V.Morton' the author, Michael Bartholomew, tells the story of Morton's disappoin...

One good thing about 1950's planning was the idea of open spaces. I came past one such estate today. These houses were planned in the la...

I often listen into Radio 4's 'In Our Time' with Melvyn Bragg for intellectual stimulation. The idea is simple. Several clever ...

Once again a Saturday night arrives and I find myself with nothing to say and no energy not to say it. The day appears to have passed me by ...

As I passed through the supermarket today, I was not buying just annoying the security man, I noticed they had the Christmas chocolate boxes...

How to Boil Water There is nothing worse than setting aside several hours to make soup than forgetting to eat the stuff! I slaved over the c...

Yesterday started in the usual manner. I found myself sitting here stuffing stale bread toast down my throat and swallowing a gallon of chea...

Such is the intense excitement of my day summed up, by a small bridge over the gaping three foot ravine below. This fifty yard walk through ...

Earlier tonight I came across a programme on a video concerning the early years of the great sixties groups. This hour long programme specia...