… in support of Gypsy Roma Traveller History month - and some people aren’t happy. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/news/police-gypsy-flag-tweet-defended-229417/ Helpful or not? Time they stopped...
…and anyone else who may be interested. This has been a long time coming but I remember Ken asking me to report back to him on this book which I’ve only just finished…. I do have a habit of having...
… by George Orwell. Anyone read it - and if so what were your impressions and is it relevant to what is happening today? The condemnation and destruction of history, the suppression of ideas that...
...by J D Salinger, a book somehow missed from my 'should do' list as a student and only recently read - and what an extraordinary little book it is. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone - it really...
I’ve just been watching a news report of children obliged to care for disabled parents during lockdown because grandparents and other adult carers aren’t able to come and help. Poor little kids....
It seems some people have been able to save during lockdown, some enough to pay off debts. Have you found yourself with extra cash - and if so, what plans do you have for it?...
On seeing the news reports of small children returning to school yesterday, was anyone else uncomfortable with it? The social distancing rules they’re obliged to follow through the whole school day...
... the sun is shining, the trees and hedges are green, the flowers are in bloom, and the butterflies and birds are doing what butterflies and birds do best. Imagine how gloomy lockdown through the...
…. as half of local authorities fail to keep records https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/18/girls-at-risk-of-child-marriage-as-half-of-local-authorities-fail-to-keep-records So...
What a breath of fresh air these two are. So pleasant and unassuming. I think they're doing a great job in helping to raise morale in these troubled times. All credit to them. What say you?...
Someone was recently whooping for joy that his thread had achieved 100 posts, and someone else has just said something about a poster wanting to achieve 100 posts. What’s that all about? Why is it...
Did anyone else watch this? Clearly a highly intelligent man in a great deal of pain, I thought it was very brave of him to expose his life to the cameras. I sincerely hope he finds peace ... and if...
… but why do we have to be constantly bombarded with references to it on so many television programmes? I tried to watch Grayson Perry’s art programme - a bit of light relief I thought - but after...
....the new book in the series. a prequel, is published today.
https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/hunger-games-prequel-the-ballad-of-songbirds-and-snakes-what-you-...