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  A combination of hot weather and no football made me switch on cricket today.   Almost immediately England were out! Good one I say! From ...

It's hot. It is now 31% here, indoors.   Now here is a horrible thought.  I am dressed like a Greek statue! It is still hot. I have been...

This man left, I read he was in tears, claiming his love for the country and his family.  Claiming he had done his best, his duty, and wande...

What is the point of TV commentators at football? Football is both a very simple, and a very complex game.  You take 11 men, one ball, and f...

There is nothing to say. It is 29% c. that's 88 f.  And I canny be bothered to do anything but into space. Even the little chocolate in ...

Roy Hattersley, 1932-2026, was a Labour politician first elected to Parliament in 1964, in the Birmingham Sparkbrook constituency.  Roy rema...

This is a strange book.  At one time sloppy, and at another quite interesting.  Overall I am still not sure about it or what he got from his...

While watching the summer rain lash against my window, I pondered on all those people who once passed by my door.   Of course, I rarely spok...

 

This American lassie Virginia Postrel has written an excellent study into how textiles have made the world.  I must confess that I have not ...

It won't be many weeks from now that Scotland, at around midnight, will begin the first game in this year's World Cup.  As always wi...

I find it intriguing that these out of date pitta breads are informing me that they contain 'Protein and Fibre.'  It's almost as...

This is not a book for the squeamish. Apart from the details of various operations there are several photographs of men wounded in action, t...

  A day of Twitter squabbling.   The fall-out from Murrell's conviction continues.  The Crown Office. The people who were wrong to bring...

The unusual happening, a hot sunny day on a Bank Holiday, is clearly a result of global warming. According to my thermometer it is around 86...

  The past few weeks have been fraught with the underlying virus that will not leave.  So, having read the wise words of Docteur Maury , a...

Scottish refereeing decisions are often difficult to comprehend.  Some have little effect on a game, and all referees and linesmen will make...

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...