Lapérouse

Come on Engerland!

How dare anyone suggest I am not patriotic. Those who put flags on lamposts are not ... err... patrioticer than thou. Or me. And they have no grounds to suggest otherwise. In the first place I was at the World Cup Final in 1966 shouting myself hoarse in support of the

Nothing to see here.

There is a notion in Quantum Theory whereby just looking at a thing – just by the look – you change it. And for years now whenever I look or examine a thing a clock, or a gadget, a pen with a spring inside the result is always that I change the

Just Not Listening

There’s this not very old joke – actually it may be current – “My wife says I have two major faults. I don’t listen and … errrrr… I’m not sure what the other one is.” Many say they value a good listener, I fear this may not have been said

Enough Kindness

“Be Kind” said the T shirt on my grandson. Was that telling me to be kind or were his parents hoping he’d catch the idea from reading it backwards in the mirror? Some time ago there was a woman I was showering with acts of kindness, giving her lifts,

Stand Up

Dunno if this still exists as instilled etiquette but, as a male, I have always given up my seat on the bus for someone elderly and frailer than I. Is that a rule? But the other day I was on a bus and a younger man of African descent, I