Saturday, 9 December 2017

A first glimmer of hope in the Brexit tunnel

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Since the morning of 23 June 2016, when the British electorate demonstrated to the world that a referendum is a poor way of reaching good se...
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Friday, 8 December 2017

Might it be a soft Brexit after all?

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So Theresa May surprised me after all. At the eleventh hour. As all seemed set to fall apart around her ears, burying her under the ruins. ...
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Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Progress always progress. Even when it's backwards

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I’m really keen on the device on a new window in our place. It’s a sort of elongated round-bar at the top of the window. At first, I had no ...
Monday, 4 December 2017

In praise of a great woman: people aren't dispensable

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Time for a tribute to an exceptional mind. She left us extraordinary insights into the behaviour of man, particularly in extreme circumstanc...
Saturday, 2 December 2017

A sprinkling of comfort. In case of fire

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We’re not quite home and dry with work on our home. It turns out that to be home and dry we need to install a means to make part of our ho...
Thursday, 30 November 2017

Poor little Britain

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It’s cold out there at the moment. Sean Bean in Game of Thrones: “winter is coming” Still, it is November, in the Northern Hemispher...
Tuesday, 28 November 2017

The faith that moves mountains. But not apparently nations

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The head of the Catholic Church visits a country which has a majority of Buddhists, representatives of a religion that is a byword for peace...