I’m not here to discuss whether there should be ‘a ceasefire’ in Gaza or not. And there’s a good reason for not discussing it. That’s because, probably, the government of Israel, heads of state and military chiefs don’t read my blog. They should do, they’d learn a lot. But I’m not sufficiently arrogant or stupid – Read More-
I shouldn’t be a snob. I’m an East’enda, ain’ I? We give up the right to snobbishness with the first glottal stop. But many years ago, when I moved to the gentrified suburbs around ‘ampstid, I found all the Hs I’d spent my formative years dropping. They were in a little heap on the HHHeath – Read More-
So what, would you ‘estimate’ is a ‘proportionate response’ to the brutal (and if you want details, its all online, but you’ll need a strong stomach or a bucket) murders of 1400 people? Should Israel have simply gone ‘an eye for an eye’ and murdered 1400 Gazans? Randomly and with horrendous brutality? That would have – Read More-
I feel this burning need to talk about football. There’s so many other issues pressing down on me, but in times of stress, we all need some relief, some hope and, even, some joy. Because we came third in the rugby World Cup; winning it became a touch difficult after losing the semi-final last weekend, – Read More-
I was so blessed this morning. I played tennis in the gorgeous sunshine (though a bit low, if we’re being picky, a bit ‘horizontal’ and in-yer-eyes) and as we were putting our racquets away, the rains started. We were blessed. However, I’m a bit ‘off’ today. Woke up feeling a bit fragile, a touch shaky, – Read More-
Complete this well-known song: “we’re top of the league, we’re top of the leaea-eague, Tottenham Hotspur, we’re top of the league…” (You complete it by repeating it non-stop until Saturday, depending on future results, but if we win on Friday… if we beat Palace… then it doesn’t matter what happens on Saturday and you can – Read More-
We went to Birmingham yesterday. We love it there… Ok, no one loves it there, we went because there was a little mini ‘conference’ of a worky nature and that’s where they held it. At the National Motorcycle Museum, which is the coolest place ever, if you like motorcycles, and pretty lovely even if – Read More-
With all this war going on and Scotland washing away in storm Babet, we’ve almost forgotten two very important facts. 1. Proper football returns again after the poxy ‘international break’. 2. England are in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup!!! Tonight!!! In the ‘other’ semi-final, the one good-thinking, right-minded, world-conscious Inglish people don’t give – Read More-
And thus the world divided. After an act of the most savage, merciless and horrendous butchery since Srebrenica, followed by Israeli bombardment and blockade on Gaza, it is probable than not one person in the world has ‘changed sides’. Our preconceptions, our bias, conscious or not, endures. We make the events fit our own internal – Read More-
Ok, I’ve managed to avoid ‘the middle east’ for a few days now, even though it is most of what I think about when I’m not engaged in some form of employment or distraction. Like taking Lila and Joey to school early today so they could get a ‘sibling’ photo taken. Ooooooh, that’s so lovely!!!! – Read More-