DWP’s crystal ball.
Some people may be sceptical due to the Department’s distinctly patchy record of getting things right, but they are apparently going to be able to
30/03/2026
Blog & Articles of Interest
Choux experiment.
It took four of us: Karen the high priestess of the kitchen, Kathy the super-gardener, Will who’s another blind veteran and muggins here, to make
23/03/2026
Just three things …
Firstly, here’s the link to my Radio Victory interview last week: https://radiovictory.co.uk/shows/catchup Look for Sunday’s ‘Between the Lines’ (15th March ’26) I start at about
18/03/2026
Loose end Sunday 15 March at 1800
If you’ve nothing better to do Sunday 6pm (for landlubbers!) you could listen to my latest interview on Radio Victory. To listen online
11/03/2026
Tackle longer but lonelier, less healthy and less happy lives.
Here are some extracts from a recent Office for National statistics report. Not very positive but perhaps a timely reminder to take back control of
02/03/2026
Who said that being back in the workplace was best?
During the Covid pandemic, lots of jobs moved to remote home-working but now employers want more people back where they can see them. For disabled
25/02/2026
Healthy life-expectancy starting to nose-dive?
The latest Office for national Statistics data (Healthy life expectancy, UK – Office for National Statistics) makes grim reading for everyone and worse for women.
23/02/2026
Ladies who lunch.
Not quite singing for my supper but I was talking for my lunch last week at the Lee-on-the-Solent golf club with a fascinating group of
09/02/2026
National year of reading: another John Steinbeck recommendation
If, like me, you ever served in Naples with NATO, you may remember the big AFSOUTH HQ on the mainland. We Navy-types had our own
28/01/2026