Notwithstanding the crass insensitivity of Lord Young’s remarks, there are many ways in which life is better these days . Even though these are not going to be much consolation to anybody who finds themselves suddenly turfed out of a job and then systematically hounded by the government… but this is not political: just a […]
Entries from November 21st, 2010
Being sociable
November 21st, 2010 · Comments Off on Being sociable · Life, Work
It is not that I am unsociable or anti-social, but as time goes on I do admit that I am more and more content with my own company. I am happy enough to go out with friends but I don’t feel bad if I am spending a night in – and now that I have […]
French Radio London
November 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music
The BBC News website asks can we learn to love French pop music? The answer is probably, yes we can… but we won’t. By ‘we’ I mean the British public generally – I already have quite a fondness for French music. The reason for the story is the launch today of French Radio London (FRL), […]
Tags: Radio
The Irish economic miracle
November 16th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Politics
Two little quotes from the news. First, an article in the Times, written in 2006 by George Osborne. It starts: A generation ago, the very idea that a British politician would go to Ireland to see how to run an economy would have been laughable. The Irish Republic was seen as Britain’s poor and troubled […]
Where is David Davis when you need him?
November 14th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Politics
I think that even most Labour party members agree that the party’s record on civil liberties has not been great. 42-day detention, persecution of photographers, ID cards, cameras everywhere, and so on. I’m prepared to accept that all this did not happen just for the sake of it, and that each idea was a reaction […]
Tags: Civil Liberties·Protests
Bloody students
November 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics
Am I a bad parent? I was a bit disappointed to find out that while the student protests were going on in London our daughter was in London… …in a university lecture hall. Anyway, a good excuse to include a photo that is sure to become an all-time classic and feature in many election leaflets […]
Colditz
November 10th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Life
A TV channel I had never heard of before (Yesterday) started showing the old TV programme Colditz a couple of weeks ago. I can remember loving that programme in the 70s, reading the Pat Reid books that tied in with it, and playing the board game in the dorm at school – up in Trinity […]
Tags: Don't mention the war·TV
Settled
November 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
I think we are just about settled in properly now. Over the weekend we got some lamps for the living room and we are happy with that now – even happier when the new dining table and chairs arrive on Friday to replace the temporary ones we have, but still happy enough. I haven’t actually […]
Tags: Housing
Back to life (back to reality)
November 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics
Now that the moving mostly out of the way I am starting to dip a toe back into the outside world. Even acknowledging that there is an outside world is a step forward I suppose. On reflection, ‘dipping a toe in’ is not quite right and ‘diving in at the deep end’ might be more […]
Tags: Stop the cuts·Trade Unions
Unsolicited testimonial time
November 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
Sounds like a Fall song title doesn’t it? Maybe it is… so hard to keep track. Anyway, we moved in a week ago and everything is now nearly sorted out. Just a box or two to go through… I’m so glad I took a few days off work to get everything straight.
Tags: Blatant Plug·Housing
