Like many in the UK, I came to scoff and stayed to praise (to misquote Oliver Goldsmith ( Read more... )

Following Thursday’s election for a new leader for the Welsh Nationalist Party, Plaid Cymru, the papers reported that this was the first time that a non-native speaker of Welsh had been elected ( Read more... )

The horoscope of my 88 year old brother today is "Your sex appeal is running at high speed. Your current love interest will be especially attentive, but avoid new romances that might fizzle out quickly if there is nothing more than a chemical attraction." He is looking forward to the day eagerly ( Read more... )

I can hear Canon Collins, late Dean of St. Pauls, stalwart of CND and South Africa Defence and Aid, turning over in his grave as St. Pauls plans to expel the demonstrators so as to appease the moneylenders of the City.

No expelling the moneylenders from the Temple for them.

Well, that was the most fun I have had in the theatre, well, since I saw John Barrowman as Robin Hood in pantomime a couple of years ago: David Tennant and Catherine Tate as Beatrice and Benedict in Much Ado About Nothing; rather like a pantomime as well, singing and dancing and the entire cast giving the impression that they were having a ( Read more... )

Mr H and I are just back after a week in Spain. Having been to Cordoba 20 years ago (when we had just met) and been very impressed, we thought we would go back. Sadly, this involved the horrors of flying Iberia: no direct flights to Cordoba, so I booked direct flights to Seville, 2 nights in a hotel there and 5 in Cordoba. Very efficient: ( Read more... )

It seems that Gaddafi’s forces are about to wipe out the rebels. Britain, France and Lebanon (with the backing of the Arab League - and that’s a miracle in itself) are seeking a Security Council Resolution at the UN for enforcement of a ‘no-fly’ zone ( Read more... )

And to cap it all there is an email in my Inbox this morning from Amazon

“LAPTOPS - huge savings”.

We have had a break-in at my house in London ( Read more... )

I was walking to the Underground along Oxford Street when I noticed that I was walking past a long queue of young people, rather like the queue outside the 100 Club that time. I looked to see if there was a club, and then thought there must be a celebrity opening a new shop but no, they were lining up outside the Salvation Army! How weird is that ( Read more... )