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 Read More » 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 Read More » 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 Read More » 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. Read More » 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 Read More » 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 Read More » 28/01/2026
Even a blind person… Yes, I do flower arranging too. Here’s a simple hand-tied posy which works well with those hollow-stemmed tulips and daffodils. Just a bit of greenery Read More » 26/01/2026
E.F Benson Mapp and Lucia series. I spent many very happy summer holidays in Rye (in Sussex) where my grandmother and aunt lived for many years. Days of exploring the little Read More » 19/01/2026
Happy New Year to you Catering for 9 here went like clockwork thanks to the “Christmas made easy” booklet. All hot, delicious and on time. And that was while struggling Read More » 05/01/2026