I don’t know if any of you have been watching the Ian Hislop series called Olden Days but if you haven’t, you should, it is a fascinating insight to how us Brits have entrenched in us, a longing for a golden age where things were so much better than they are now.
Hislop’s series goes back hundreds of years to times when a writer would publish accounts and novels of the golden eras before them, creating mythical figures such as King ...
When I went to the bank the other day, the lady cashier said that something had appeared on her computer screen indicating that I could now do internet banking via a new system that I could use on my mobile phone.
I asked her if it involved downloading an HSBC App on my iPhone.
"It's no use asking me as I am a complete Luddite."
To me this sat up like a great joke that would have her belly laughing at my razor sharp, spontaneous ...
One thing that has frustrated me in recent years is my ignorance regarding the Kings and Queens that have reigned these isles since Anglo Saxon warlords first handed themselves such grand titles around 1500 years ago.
I must have wittered on about this quite a lot as Justine picked up on my incoherent ramblings and presented me with a book for Christmas called ‘Kings and Queens’ an original title that must have been the result of the ...
The death of Nelson Mandela is being mourned across the world and with it the hypocrisy begins in earnest.
I won’t bleat on about what Nelson Mandela achieved in his life, the wonders of the internet will allow anyone with the will, to find that out themselves but he was a man that would not allow racial and economic oppression deny him, even after 27 years in a tiny prison cell.
This is what David Cameron had to say:
"A great light ...
For last few years I have been obsessed with studying wars. The Falklands War, Cold Wars, World Wars, Civil Wars, you name it, I can't get enough of it. I think the reason for my fascination stems from all the lies and propaganda that goes with them, with politicians using them whenever possible, as a form jingoism to get the masses on side to believe that governments and aristocrats loved these brave and fearless men, when in the majority of ...