HS2 Hits the Buffers
Hi Everyone In the 1980s I was the project manager on a hospital ward extension. The building was only about 60 yards long. The architect...
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Brian's Weekly Rubbish
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Sep 30, 20233 min read
Why, Why, Why
Hi Everyone Two jaw dropping events happened this week. The first was the stabbing of a 15 year old school girl in a busy street in South...
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Sep 23, 20232 min read
Guess Who is Coming to Dinner
Hi Everyone One hundred and twenty three years ago in 1900, Britain had the largest empire in the history of the world controlling the...
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Sep 16, 20233 min read
On the Road Again
Hi Everyone Did you notice that Batman and Robin were on the road again this week? Well, not that Batman and Robin as these two are not...
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Sep 9, 20233 min read
Is Britain Broken?
Hi Everyone It is a bit concerning when I hear from people from all walks of life that "Britain is Broken". Even if you are a cup half...
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Sep 2, 20233 min read
This Changing World
Hi Everyone Next week schools start the new educational year after the 6 week summer break. This week the government announced that a...
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Aug 30, 20231 min read
Your Title: What’s Your Blog About?
Sample Titles: Welcome to My Blog! or Welcome to My World or Welcome to (Blog Name) To boost the post’s SEO, include a keyword in the...
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Aug 26, 20234 min read
Someone is Watching You
Hi Everyone As a young boy the Senior and Junior Partners would take me sometime during the summer on a Sunday afternoon trip to a well...
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Aug 19, 20233 min read
A Big Week
Hi Everyone It seems a very long time ago that I waited for my A level examination results and how it would change my life. I had the...
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Aug 12, 20233 min read
A Financial Sandwich
Hi Everyone As the energy and cost of living continue to bite, no doubt many hospitality businesses have had conversations about how to...
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Aug 5, 20233 min read
A Policy Maker
Hi Everyone For nearly 50 years I was involved in building things. It is very satisfying to know that many of those buildings are still...
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Jul 29, 20233 min read
Gelato Delight
Hi Everyone Just when you think that nothing much is happening in your life something extraordinary happens. You know that our city has,...
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Jul 22, 20233 min read
As Hot as it Gets
Hi Everyone Almost twenty five years ago we had a summer holiday on the Greek island of Corfu and the small nearby island of Paxos. As we...
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Jul 15, 20234 min read
Behind the Green Door
Hi Everyone , If you are approaching middle age, you will remember a cheesy song that was popular in the 1950s - Green Door. One line in...
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Jul 8, 20233 min read
I Have Some Good News........I Think
Hi Everyone Sadly, some of the illegal immigrants crossing the Channel from France in small boats are children traveling alone in a...
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Jul 1, 20233 min read
Water, Water Everywhere
Hi Everyone I like to think that I am a cup half full character so when I look for ideas for this Rubbish every week I try to entertain,...
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Jun 24, 20233 min read
Who Wants to be a Billionaire
Hi Everyone I am sure that at Christmas or over a dinner party table we have all dreamed about what we would do if we had lots of money....
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Jun 17, 20233 min read
You Only Live Once
Hi Everyone I think that you will have had to reach middle age to have heard of this Hollywood actress Mae West who was a star when films...
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Jun 10, 20233 min read
The Music of Life
Hi Everyone This week I was listening briefly to a radio phone in programme while making a short journey in our car. The topic was the...
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Jun 3, 20233 min read
Red Wine, Dark Chocolate and................
Hi Everyone A couple of weeks ago I went into our local budget supermarket to buy a bottle of whisky as a present for a friend, something...
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