The Year Ahead
After the shocks and excesses of last year with Trump and Brexit, what we really need in 2017 is a period of calm and peaceful stability. I can however safely predict that we’re not going to get it. With a Read more »
Humphrey Walwyn
Frozen Solid
There’s been a lot of talk recently about cryonics—freezing your body after death to preserve it for the future in the hope that you can be ‘awoken’ many years from now and be cured of your current illnesses and live Read more »
Aggressive Trousers
I’ve been reading about the strange goings-on at Esh Parish Council in Durham. Apparently, one councillor has been reprimanded for wearing ‘aggressive and intimidating’ trousers to a council meeting. The afore-mentioned trousers are of a mottled green camouflage pattern—passively informal Read more »
In a Pickle
With various birthdays and Christmas on the horizon, I have cleared out the larder, sterilised each saucepan, boiled every jam jar, Dettol-ised work tops and removed all traces of dog hair from the kitchen sink—all in preparation for my annual Read more »
Words Fail Me by Humphrey Walwyn
Like many of us, I expect you may be suffering from the symptoms of ‘Rio-Drawal’. No more glorious daily avalanche of medals, no more newspapers full of smiling union jack anointed Brits and no more getting up at 1.30 in Read more »
Summer of Surprises
It’s all been quite shocking really—‘never known another summer like it. It all started with Leicester winning the Premier league at odds of 500 to one followed by underdogs Iceland and Wales causing major footie upsets in the Euro finals. Read more »
In Good Health by Humphrey Walwyn
I recently had the opportunity to spend a few days in hospital. Actually, ‘opportunity’ is the wrong word as I had little choice in the matter. I wasn’t feeling very well and so was brought in for a few days Read more »
Laterally Speaking by Humphrey Walwyn
So, in just a few short weeks, we’re all going to know the answer. Will it be a yes or will it be a no? This is probably the most important question ever to be asked in the UK. Like Read more »
Laterally Speaking – Pest Control
So, as the family are gathering for Sunday lunch, I shall put on my nice smart cardigan—the one with the natty Val Doonican style grey diamonds. Shock… Horror… Ragged moth holes all the way down the front… it’s unwearable! Of Read more »
Theme for a Dream
It’s that time of year when many of us traditionally make summer holiday plans. You can either do this online or offline. The offline method (the old traditional way) involves a weekend wading through several trees worth of colourful travel Read more »