In the space of just a few days, English football supporters have gone from being condemned as a pack of animals hell-bent on trouble, to innocent tea sipping English gents, mercilessly attacked by highly trained Russian nationalists who were brutal about their business.
I would suggest that the truth lies somewhere in between, as there were so many different factions involved (French, Russian, English and Riot Police) that confusion would ...
Many of you will be delighted that I am now suffering from referendum apathy fully two weeks before the event. It now all feels a bit like when the late David Coleman used to commentate on long distance track events on the BBC when a runner would mistakenly break from the pack prematurely..."Oh, he's gone to soon.... HE'S GONE TO SOON!"
So to get away from it, I have managed to complete another vital leg of the Test Way, this section ...
I read an absolutely fascinating piece in The Daily Telegraph by Nobel Peace Prize winner Daniel Kahnemann yesterday, confirming many of my inner thoughts with regards to the mindset of many British people as we approach the EU referendum.
Basically, the less knowledgeable we are, we are more likely to be dictated to and manipulated by bullies with an agenda of taking ignorance and using it as a tool to create fear of immigration and ...
Former Conservative Junior Health Minister, Sir Cecil Bastud, has become the latest low profile has-been to throw his weight behind the Brexit campaign.
Sir Cecil, the heir to the Bastud Pork empire, shot to prominence in 1984 when, as a junior health minister to Margaret Thatcher, he produced 'The Bacon Report', claiming that pork based products provided a cure for diabetes.
Diabetes Prevention : Bastud and the Bacon Report
Bastud, ...
At the bottom this page you will see a video created with my own fair hand showing a picture from each day of the wonderful month of May, probably my favourite month of the year in Hampshire as it is a time when everything bursts into life.
I do these little things for my own pleasure and my dad likes them as well as he doesn't get out so much these days. However, feel free to enjoy it if you wish but if you are not interested, my feelings ...
