Night of the long knives II

The knives were definitely out last week, or so it seemed to me. No one was safe.
The voluntary organisation in Weybridge that I joined barely a year ago was having a purge of members. My mate was the first with the news of the cull early last week – he had been given the stark [...]

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Over the Radar

For the past ten months or so I have been part of what can only be described as a covert operation. Whilst this clandestine action has absolutely nothing to do with the National interest\security, it has been kept well and truly under the radar. That is, it was until now…
For years, I and a mate [...]

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Doner Quixote

Don’t worry – the above is not a literary reference – that renowned tome by Miguel de Cervantes is not a book high on my reading list at the moment – I just like bad puns. It kind of sums up my latest gastronomic experience though, which happened towards the end of last week.
It was [...]

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TV Retro

Why does anyone do anything? That’s a question that has been perplexing me and those advertising folk for years. Hazarding an educated guess, I would say that the answer is pretty simple – because they can. Forget all that guff about subliminal urges and psychological triggers, people tend to embark on those activities that are [...]

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From here to Teddington…

Whilst not quite as far as eternity, travelling to the above destination is not nearly as easy a journey as you would think, especially from my part of the world. My trip down was improved by starting out from Norbiton, but it still meant negotiating the concrete merry-go-round that is the Kingston One way system. [...]

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Got to get out of this place?

It might just be a time of year thing. One things for sure, a lot of this is driven by my current frame of mind, which right now can be summed up by exactly one word – boredom. I have been feeling this way pretty much since I returned from my mini-break in Copenhagen. I [...]

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Small world

I always find it unsettling when it occurs. Lord knows why – in the scheme of life’s great tapestry it is very small beer. In fact, if this was an earthquake, it wouldn’t even get near an entry on the Richter scale. All that happened was that two parts of my life threatened to overlap, [...]

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Protest no vote?

How much do you care? I guess that’s what it all boils down to in the end. You tend to see the worst aspects of this on the telly – news coverage usually only happens when scenes of violence and affray are involved. Whilst I don’t particularly admire those who take part in political protest, [...]

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Ban the Bard

I know what you’re thinking – you all reckon this is going to be some mindless rant against the works of the esteemed play write William Shakespeare. I know exactly how your minds work! It has to be said though, that in this case, you are absolutely right. 
The seeds of this unprovoked attack on the [...]

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Road to nowhere

That’s where I am currently going. Or at least my latest quest is – the only results so far are a big fat zero. I probably should explain…
I am one of the few squash players who bother to wear eye goggles. They aren’t prescribed lenses in any sense of the word, but they do give [...]

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