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Continue reading →: Let’s cut benefits
The Conservative party leader, Kevin Badenoch, will be making a speech to launch her party’s plans for saving public money. ‘Welfare that Works’ is the Tories’ policy document that outlines spending cuts such as £13,7 billion in sickness and disability benefit reforms. How predictable that a right-wing opposition party is…
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Continue reading →: Hill Street Blues
Today at my poetry class, we were prompted to write about a TV program from some time in the past. To describe who we were back then and what was going on in our lives. Working in pairs, we would then discuss the TV program. I chose Hill Street Blues,…
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Continue reading →: Royal Ulster Academy exhibition
I went to the RUA exhibition on the top floor of the Ulster Museum. Several works caught my eye. I’ve seen his work before with his creative use of classical sculpture in modern posts. This painting certainly has an impact. I didn’t note the artist’s name. The standard of artwork…
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Continue reading →: Dental decay 2
After about a week of throbbing pain off and on in my right jaw, I went to my dentist. He prescribed some more antibiotics and will try to get me in on a cancellation before my appointment on 2 December. Mr Gileece wants to lift off the crown and see…
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Continue reading →: Scones 2
Up early again, so I pottered about in the kitchen for a bit. Then I had another go at baking scones, this time using Paul Hollywood’s book for guidance. The outcome was much better than last time, but the scones are slightly over baked. The dough was much easier to…
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Continue reading →: Fun with my DSLR camera
I wisely bought a decent camera with money raised by my colleagues at Queen’s for my retirement in 2021. I took an Open University course to learn a little bit about digital photography but remained ignorant of the finer points that turn snaps into art. Today, I worked out how…
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Continue reading →: Audience participation
My better half and I went to see the comedian Jason Byrne at the Ulster Hall last night. He soon had us all laughing away as he interacted with members of the audience who had come in late. He used the large screen behind him to go through his family…
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Continue reading →: Market day
After my usual coffee at La Bottega, I cycled into town to check out the Common Market. A popular venue with street style food outlets, a bar, long benches, and tables and multiple large screens showing Premier League football. I opted for a pint of the black stuff. St George’s…
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Continue reading →: Outsiders
Albert Camus is a philosopher who made a lot of sense. His ideas were original and thought-provoking. On how to reconcile the absurdity of life, he suggests we embrace it. Like Sisyphus, we are destined to keep pushing that boulder up a hill, but faced with that knowledge, it’s how…
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Continue reading →: The mysterious smile
My brother recently posted a family photograph of a much younger me and my mother. As it was my brother who took the photo, it’s my guess that he made mum laugh. She’s trying to keep the laugh in. Like me, mum did more smiling than laughing for different reasons.…
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