This week I have turned my attention from the great cricketer AE Stoddart to Francis Galton, the cousin of Charles Darwin no less. Galton came to my attention when I read a piece about 2011 being exactly 100 years since his death aged 89, an age which must have been quite a staggering achievement back then considering wars and disease etc etc. Amongst other things, Galton became well known for his work that included standard deviation, ...
I treated Harry to a day out in London for his birthday on Thursday and what a fun time we had, even if, as is the norm in the life of Bob Lethaby, not everything turned out according to our plans. On arrival at Waterloo we decided that we would do what every tourist does and go on the London Eye. We had done this many years ago when Harry was very young and I am sure I remembered it being a value for money experience. Age has obviou...
My dear old friend Stewart, who specialises in the type of dry pessimism that has helped mould me in to the man I am today, sent me this weather article this afternoon. If you are a lover of sunny weather may I suggest that you turn off your computers now;"The middle part of summer may be characterised by shifting fortunes? Just when you think we've got it cracked it'll may turn on us, with some pleasantly warm conditions being ...
This is my first new blog since Reading's latest play off failure, it's not because I have been suffering from deep depression or anything, it's just that there genuinely has not been enough hours in the week lately, mostly due to George playing cricket on Thursday as well as yesterday morning and afternoon, followed by a soggy day at the Lords Test today. The fact is, I had no choice but to get ...
?My third trip to a Play Off final ended in despair once again as Reading FC maintained their unenviable 100% heroic failure rate at this route to promotion. Football is a cruel, cruel game sometimes, it makes you feel like packing up being a supporter, but the truth is, you can change your car, you can change your house, you can even change your wife, but once you are attached to a football team you can't just dump them and go and ...