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    The evils of plastic

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    From the Victorian industrial age to the current Green commercial initiatives, plastics have had a huge impact on the global economy and subsequently on the world’s environment. Bakelite made from coal waste products, Nylon stockings, plastic waterproof cable coverings (that enabled the laying of communications cabling across the Atlantic), plexiglass,…

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  • Vaxxers vs Anti-Vaxxers

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    The venue has yet to be decided, but there is a great deal of eager anticipation for this clash. Chief among the Vaxxers are the Virologists, Hospital Staff, and those who have lost family to Covid 19. The Anti-Vaxxers have people like Joseph Mercola,Sherri Tenpenny, Christiane Northrup, Sayer Ji and…

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  • Lightness

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    Here we are at one of the big celebrations on the Advent calendar. Christmas is an event that requires preparation. I was looking through a prospectus for evening classes when we lived in London and came across a course called Christmas Stress Workshop, That seemed an appropriate learning experience for…

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    Hello USA

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    It’s probably a bit silly responding to my blog stats geographically. Silliness has never stood in my way, in fact, it offers me encouragement. I rarely get loads of people reading my blog posts, but that doesn’t deter me from rambling on about a wide range of topics. This week…

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    A year off

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    This time last year I was tidying up loose ends and handing my work over to my colleagues. After Christmas and New Year I started to think about how I would occupy my time. I bought a DSLR camera with the generous amount of money donated by my former colleagues.…

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  • An upright cyclist

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    My wife’s bike is a Raleigh Motus Tour. The design is thoughtful and the power assistance gives quite a boost. My bike is a Boardman hybrid. The handlebars make you stretch forward and the power assistance is less noticeable than the Raleigh. Belfast Bicycle Workshop did a good job replacing…

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  • Integrity

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    Many of my readers have read the blog Integrity has no need of rules. Albert Camus put forward the idea that integrity could trump morality. In other words, the individual can build a set of principles that are unique to that individual and that in so doing there is an…

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  • Exhibitionist

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    1970s London, two brothers, both students living with their parents near leafy Putney Heath. One morning the older brother asks his sibling to stand against the dining room wall so he can take his picture.

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  • COP36

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    Scene: Sydney Conference Centre, two police officers on security detail COP36:. Going anywhere nice for your hols? COP37:. We were looking for somewhere in the mountains, maybe give South Island, NZ a go. COP36:. A nice break from all the bushfires, eh? COP37:. Too right. Did you see the wildfires…

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  • COP26

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    Scene 1 – Glasgow Conference Centre, two police officers on security detail Cop 26: Do you think we’ll get overtime? Cop25: Yep Cop 26: No nutters so far then? Cop25: Just tree huggers and Greta Thunberg groupies Cop26: She talks a lot of sense that one Cop25: But to be…

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