The charity Education Action is trying to raise awareness of children who do not have access to education because of conflict or displacement, and they are doing it by asking people what their favourite word is. To drum up some interest, they have been asking MPs and authors about their favourite words. I think the […]
Entries from September 16th, 2007
No news is good news
September 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on No news is good news · Life
On the BBC Sports web site the latest news item on West Ham is the match report of our 3-0 win over Middlesboro. The previous news item for West Ham is our 3-0 win over Reading two weeks ago. This is brilliant. Not just because the last two games have been 3-0 victories but because […]
Tags: West Ham
Spiders
September 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
I have a funny relationship with spiders. I do have a bit of a phobia about them, particularly the big hairy-legged ones called George who strut across the room like they own the place, but I am getting better. I can now get quite close to them, and frequently do when I decide to take […]
Scorched Earth
September 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Scorched Earth · Life
I have been moaning about the state of Tollgate Hill for while now – how the overgrown bushes and overhanging trees were making it increasingly difficult just to walk along the pavement. Well this week, about 6 months after I started moaning, someone has tackled the rampant greenery. I assume it was the council, assisted […]
Tags: Broadfield·Broadfield Forum
Extension
September 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Extension · Life
This is a gratuitous photo. I just thought the page could do with a picture. I saw this building in Penshurst village last weekend and was impressed by the attention to detail on the extension. The left-hand side is the original building and the right-hand half is a new addition. The new addition is extremely […]
Tags: Buildings·Kent·Photos·Town Planning
Batteries not included
September 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life
This story from the Brighton Argus must be a gift to sub-editors or topical news quiz gag-writers. As a fine practical demonstration of just one of the many reasons why I am not employed as a gag-writer on a topical news quiz I can’t find a witty and hilarious joke to make – but I’m […]
Whooosh!
September 12th, 2007 · 10 Comments · Technology
I have never given much thought to zeppelins before, so one statistic in a programme on channel Five tonight stopped me in my tracks. It was one of those popular technology-type programmes. The sort which usually features massive buildings or bridges. The one tonight was about airships. The amazing statistic was the speed of the […]
McCanns appeal for privacy
September 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on McCanns appeal for privacy · Life
According to the BBC web site, the McCanns are asking for their privacy to be respected. Perhaps they should have thought of that before turning themselves into a media circus? I can’t criticise them for that. They felt that was what it took to make things happen, but its bit of a Pandora’s Box that […]
Tags: Newspapers
Will he, won’t he? Yawn.
September 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
Am I the only person who is terminally bored and annoyed by all this speculation about the timing of a general election? The media are obsessed with the prospect of Gordon Brown calling an autumn election, announcing it at the party conference, or calling a snap election next May. This is an election that does […]
Tags: Elections
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wels
September 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
This morning we went across to Tunbridge Wells to help deliver some leaflets for a by-election there. The election is taking place because a councillor elected in May did not sign the declaration of acceptance within two months and therefore became a non-councillor. I can’t really understand why anyone would do that. It is even […]
