Perspectives on our coastal towns. The English town of Weymouth is currently courting controversy as a result of a local photographer’s twitter post and his remarks of the shabby state of some areas. As a resident of the area I can concur with some of the views but this is a malaise of the British… Read More »
2017 – Happy New Year This first blog post of 2017 was to have begun, as it does in the heading, by wishing readers a Happy New Year for 2017 and then continuing solely with this content about my writing. However, as you will see later, computing issues continue to aggravate hence the additional material… Read More »
RBS and Brexit Why the simplicity on this important issue? Watching the recent news story coverage of RBS and Brexit I felt that most journalists got it wrong. In simplistically reporting this as a short-term item, they seriously missed the point. I voted remain and will do so again if we get a second chance… Read More »
Politicians lies / finishing UNI I started this blog as part of a University course (BACOMM Bournemouth). That has now finished, a time to reflect whilst awaiting the results. Over the three years I interacted with many EU Citizens from outside the UK both as lecturers and fellow students, a positive outcome, for all. Was the course worth… Read More »
Micro-blogging with Twitter Two years ago I didn’t tweet; now through micro-blogging, I do so on an almost daily basis, therefore a reflection is appropriate. This definition of a microblog from PCMag’s encyclopedia of terms undoubtedly describes how I use Twitter; “A blog that contains brief entries about the daily activities of an individual or… Read More »
Public sector pay Has the government got a clue when it comes to fundamental issues around public sector pay? I admit I am biased, I am a retired local government officer and have relatives and friends still currently employed in the NHS and local government. Recent news coverage however makes you wonder about the competence… Read More »
Yorkshire floods and the Environment Agency I wrote another post about the Yorkshire flooding using storify. Sadly with the demise of that site it has been lost. (Updated Sept 2023) ———————————————————–
Bethlehem 1999 As the header image to this part of the website shows I visited Bethlehem on a troubled day back in 1999. As we were leaving the town following a visit to the holy sites it all kicked off, with Palestinian locals stoning the armed Israeli troops adjacent to one of the holy sites… Read More »
Southampton bombing raid 75th anniversary The 1st December 2015 was an odd day radio-wise. On the way in to Uni in the morning the local radio were reminiscing about the tragic loss of life and buildings in the worst Southampton bombing raid of World War Two. 75 years ago on the night of 30th November/… Read More »