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Churchill – The Thug Who Challenged a Bigger Thug?
When the new plastic five pound note came out this week, adorning the face of Winston Churchill, there was a minor backlash from some of those who have studied the life of Britain's wartime leader who led Britain and the allied forces in the desperate fight against Nazi occupation. Here was one quote I read: "Shame it has the fat, port-swilling racist pig on the back!" That took me back a bit, as even though I have read the about the ...
Did Thomas Crapper’s Products Have a Design Flaw?
It's amazing what you can find on the internet these days, it really is an educational tool that would is way beyond the realms of what we could have dreamed of 20 years ago. For instance, this week I got caught up in the world of defecation after watching a video posted on Facebook that appears to suggest that we have been releasing our 'daily digestive transits' in the wrong fashion for the past 150 years or so. As if often the case, as ...
Why Preach to the Converted?
When I was doing my epic chairman's speech at the cricket club on Saturday, I found myself explaining the physical and financial demands of running an amateur sports club to people who already knew them, because the people who turn up to such functions are the ones that keep the whole show on the road. With a lot of effort over the last few years, our numbers have gradually grown again, but it is an incredibly painful process getting people ...
The Summer 2016 – How Did it Fair?
When I speak to people about the summer that has just passed by, I get conflicting stories; some say it was a nice summer, others say it was crap, which just goes to show how our memory works. Weekend cricketers for instance, base their summer memories on how many games of cricket they have played and how many have been cancelled, but this no real gauge of how a summer has been in reality. For starters, a hot summer can be blighted by ...
A Holiday in Sorrento, Italy
Well, I have to say that my holiday to Italy was an excellent one and preferable to other great holidays I have had in Europe for a number of reasons. However, on the downside, Italy, courtesy of a perfect storm of being traditionally expensive and the post Brexit collapse of the pound, is not cheap, with a meal for two and a bottle of wine often racing past the 100 euros mark. What you do get in Sorrento, is a town proud of its traditions ...