Adullamite

A long time ago a wise man commented on politicians books.  He claimed they all ran the same way.  That is, if the Prime Minister did the co...

It was not unexpected that the Heart of Midlothian's final game in Glasgow would be overshadowed by controversy.  It was bad enough the ...

I read through this book some years ago, and decided to read it again, because I had forgotten most of it!  Books containing the words of th...

 

I began another day of joy and constant happiness by rising today, conscious that I must vote, and thereby change the world.  I pushed my wa...

Being a Bank Holiday Monday I expected life to be quiet, and so it has been.  So quiet that I went downstairs against my bodies wishes, and ...

I discovered a fault on my Great War website the other day.  I needed to look up a name, and he was not found.  This surprised me somewhat. ...

The common answer to the question, 'Who started the Great War?' is usually 'Germany.'  Those in Germany may well say 'Fr...

I am working my way through the books on the table, slowly.  There are three I am reading, one or two I dip into now and again, and others w...

I had a phone call today from an old friend, I don't have any young ones.  She moved away about 1980 and married well to produce a famil...

First job today was to fill the biscuit barrel.  An exciting job as I am never quite sure as to what will result.  Today I had once again pr...

  These programmes have appeared on YouTube   recently, well, I have just found them there, and these have been making me laugh at times, al...

Tuesday saw me travel down to Liverpool Street Station to meet a friend.  This is becoming a habit. The smooth train, for the most part, peo...

 

Meet Cheeky.  This was our cat a great many years ago.  I mention him because of a clip on Twitter of a Turkish mayor.  He was sitting in hi...

Wired Artemis II flew around the moon recently, the media everywhere was full of praise. Why? I saw them fly around the moon many years ago,...

Geof Sheppard It's that time of year again.  The time when the once great railway engines from the past race at 25 mph across the countr...

 

This off colour picture reveals the latest fad.  A mix of South African Figs (fresh, reduced ), raisins (South Africa), Blueberries (Peru), ...