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Paris – The Tears, Hypocrisy and Fears
When you look and listen to the journalists on the more moderate television news organisations, the one thing that stands out is how they are struggling to comprehend the events in Paris on Friday evening. Personally, I keep trying to look deeper in to it all rather than getting embroiled in emotional knee-jerk responses, because the easy thing to do is demand retaliation and start quoting 20th-century politicians with a lust for tyrannical ...
Jose Mourinho – A Psychologists Dream
Psychologists will tell you that one of the toughest aspects of winning something or indeed, reaching any sporting, personal or financial goal, is lifting yourself or those around you, to levels of motivation to repeat the process or set new targets. Achieving a goal comes with all sorts of psychological challenges and many athletes describe feelings of emptiness and a fear of the future when something they have worked for since childhood has ...
The Bombay Sapphire
When brown signs for the Bombay Sapphire arrived all over Basingstoke a while ago, I have to admit that I initially thought it was a new Indian restaurant somewhere in Overton. However, knowing Indian restaurants after being involved with them in the past in a professional capacity, I am aware of how ferociously they protect their cash and brown sign posts are not cheap; in fact, they range between 8 to 40 thousand pounds for a single ...
Stagnation Inspires New Look Blogging!
I have had my youngest son Harry staying with me over the last few days and because he is studying aspects of social media at college, I asked why the growth of this webpage appeared to be slowing down, with 'new visitors' only just ahead of 'returning visitors'. That's the trouble with having site statistics, it throws cold water over any fantasies about thousands of people reading your work. As a consequence, opening a page to see how many ...
Britain and Documentaries on Racism!
I don't know if it is just me who seems to find them all the time, but British TV these days appears to be addicted to some sort of racist porn, with a plethora of documentaries featuring far-right organisations such as the EDL and Britain First. The standard process of these documentaries features an investigator going to an EDL or Britain First march in a provincial town like Leamington Spa, pointing at some Neanderthals with Union Jack ...