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Once again it is the last day of the year, Hogmanay!  The desperate need we all feel for a mid winter festival to encourage us to lo...

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Boring day, felt too rough to go out, just as well the museum work was cancelled, so spent the day looking for my head while starin...

Since marrying Liz, the one who would be queen, Phil has had his life turned upside down.  Clearly this couple liked one another but he...

The bright Boxing Day sunshine tempted me out this morning, although I had no intention of boxing with anyone, certainly not after th...

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In spite of my condition, and the amazing lack of sympathetic gifts of brandy, I woke early this morning and headed for the horse meat...

Day by Day Photos I had a fabulous post prepared in my head, where there is much room for thought, and as I was beginning to write I ...

Crossing the park for the first time this week I asked him about it, "So, where were you?" "I was here all along."...

So here is a picture of the Marco Polo. .

Gladstone Disraeli Salisbury I believe all by Millais and displayed in the Portrait Gallery London. .

MANFLU.com Struggling as I am with this debilitating plague, I managed to discover just how many other men endure their illness so ...

Will the horrid Lurgi never leave me? For weeks now I have suffered the effects of the dreaded bug!  It leaves for a day or two, then r...

Fleet Street 1899. How little has changed!   .

Snow, sleet and ice cold air greeted us this morning.  I longed to remain in my pit but headed instead for the museum where I had been ...

The Edinburgh Reporter I found a book on my shelves, under several inches of dust, which detailed the history of the bus in Edinbur...

Brenda Howard I spent a delightful couple of hours this morning listening to some knowledgeable women discussing Victorian life....

A chilly dusk before four in the afternoon today.  How I long to be somewhere warm!  I was not made for this weather. The sun falling...

The sky was blue and the sun shone brightly as I trundled unwillingly down to the station this morning.  While I usually enjoy these li...

I came across this picture of Cardiff Docks by the American artist  Lionel Walden  (1861-1933)the other day and am much impressed. I l...

These interesting houses were I read somewhere built by one of the Courtauld's for some of their (better) employees. Unfortunately ...

The brats at the skatepark, being male, do have a habit doing strange and needless things.  For reasons beyond my comprehension the tre...

'Matt' at the 'Daily Telegraph,' is without doubt the most reliable of today's cartoonists. Always relevant and rare...

The other day I sat listening to several intelligent and knowledgeable women talking about a renovation of a museum display. Clearly th...

Frank Boyle Edinburgh Evening News   Frank Boyle captures the arrival of two Pandas, on loan from our friends in China for ten ye...

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One of the joys of any winters Saturday night is to dwell on the satisfying football result from the afternoon. This, as any supporter ...

All my Christmas shopping and card writing has now been done.  Nothing cash wise to spend so little bought, cards cheap, stamps an...