Hi Everyone First, it was the financial crash, then came Covid followed by Ukraine, inflation, and the energy crisis and now we have...

Hi Everyone If you read my blog a year ago this week, you will have read that I said that we must do whatever is needed at whatever cost...

Hi Everyone Remember that Queen song "Another One Bites the Dust"? Well, it happens again this week when another of our political...

Hi Everyone On the Facebook site, there are social media platforms. Now I bet that there are not many people approaching middle age who...

Hi Everyone This week I had a great idea. I drew my private pensions when I retired now almost twenty years ago but as they were not...

Hi Everyone A popular programme on our TV that we enjoy is Grand Designs where people plan and build usually modern and unusual homes. I...

Hi Everyone This week, like every week, only comes around once a year but what makes this week different is that we have two things to...

Hi Everyone When I wrote my one and only book back in 2019 I was delighted that Peter my publisher decided that it was worth inflicting...

Hi Everyone I noticed this week that Stoke on Trent is being nominated as one of the best places to live in England. Last year the city...

Hi Everyone I think that most of us enjoy the occasional quiz night especially if we surprise ourselves by managing to get a few...

Hi Everyone This is the time of year when you look forward to celebrating Christmas with family and friends. With modern communication...

Hi Everyone This week has been quite an eventful week. Well, not that eventful really but for those of us approaching middle age, any...

Hi Everyone Apart from the obviously Christmas celebrations like the Nativity story, the turkey, and the giving of presents, the one...

Hi Everyone One of the recurring themes for those of us approaching middle age is that life was so much simpler when we were young than...

Hi Everyone Back in 1978/79, we had the winter of discontent with the then powerful unions demanding higher pay for their workers. I seem...

Hi Everyone We have only been to the Houses of Parliament once and that was without getting a single vote. We went to the House of Lords...

Hi Everyone As I approach middle age I sometimes have to remind myself and others that I actually used to be young. This week I was...

Hi Everyone There is a very popular quiz on our TV called Pointless that we watch on a fairly regular basis. If you are cynical,...

Hi Everyone There is a great programme on our TV each week called The Repair Shop where ordinary people bring in items that may not be...

Hi Everyone Well, that thin lipped Yorkshire woman didn't last long did she but I think that it is reassuring to know that as we...