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The Royals and their Money!

Posted on January 10, 2020

I never really been able to quite get my head around the point of the Royal family in a modern world. They are a curious bunch. I heard the other day Harry and Meghan want to become financially independent. Then I heard that Harry had made £30 million from the public purse since taking up Royal duties. Imagine being in a world where you can go and seek independence with £30 million in your pocket? What’s he going to do, work at ...

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JoJo Rabbit

Posted on January 9, 2020

If I am honest, I am not a very good film critic. I find myself struggling how to explain what I have seen. This is because we live in a world of awesome and woeful, with nothing in between allowed. Saying something was ‘pretty good’ means it was shit. Anyway I will try. Last night, we went to Vue, Basingstoke, to watch ‘JoJo Rabbit’. I didn’t really know what to expect, I just wanted to get out of the house. The dismal month of ...

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The Flammagenitus Clouds of Australia

Posted on January 8, 2020

The picture above is what is known as a flammagenitus cloud and was pictured above the Australian bush fires. I had never heard of it before, so give me credit for the correct spelling of it.Flammagenitus formations are like cumulus clouds formed when the surface of the earth has been heated by the summer sun. This causes the air to rise, forming water droplets and then big clouds.In this instance, the heating of the earth by bush fires is what ...

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Looking Forward to our Exclusive US Trade Deal!

Posted on January 7, 2020

With regards to Donald trump blowing up Qasem Soleimani, it not whether he is a horrible bloke or not that worries me. What disturbs me is that Trump acted like someone with an underdeveloped front cortex when he did it. Most people I know have developed logic over impulse as they get older, thinking about the consequences of their actions before carrying them out. What seems to happen is that when we are older, the instant impulses we have ...

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Bush Fires – A View From Australia

Posted on January 3, 2020

Part of me wanted to write something about the Australia fires this week. However, I realised I was not qualified to do such a thing. How can you possibly imagine how awful it is from thousands of miles away? However, my friend Trevor Hickman is there, in the middle of it. Here, Trevor reflects on his Christmas holiday trip that evolved into scenes from a disaster movie... Marlo is a small sleepy town in East Gippsland Victoria. It’s ...

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