In September 1956, as Mars approached its closest to Earth for 34 years, John Alldridge summed up what we then knew (or thought we knew) of the planet for the Manchester Evening News – Jerry [more…]
It was the Dean’s Verger who brought the note up to the organ-loft. The Cathedral bells had been clanging and humming through several hundred changes for at least half an hour, and were beginning to [more…]
I have been mostly impressed with the Welsh NHS, dentistry provision less so. Got a doctor’s appointment within two days last week, none of this telephone queueing/go online bollox. I simply asked the receptionist to [more…]
Monday Good morning from a wet and cold Downing Street where it’s a really horrible Monday morning and the window cleaner is busy washing the windows! An opinion poll out this morning shows that if [more…]
The afternoon was spent wandering round Oxford Street. Sally was in and out of the shops, she hadn’t bought anything until they arrived in Selfridges. “Find something you like and I’ll treat you.” She spent [more…]
Question Time 24th October 2024 The Panel: Steve Reed (Labour) Nigel Huddleston (Conservative) Danny Sriskandarajah (CEO NEF) Emily Sheffield (Columnist and Broadcaster) Venue: Plymouth Danny Sriskandarajah (not his real name, Dhananjayan Sivaguru Sriskandarajah) is the [more…]
After their second late night running the twins were slow getting ready for Sunday morning breakfast, despite Izzy chivvying them on. Izzy was quite aware the twins were tired, but knew if they missed breakfast, [more…]
It’s often quite surprising when you find something that you didn’t know was lost, as happened recently with this set of scales. I didn’t “rediscover” them myself, the buildings and maintenance department did, but we’re [more…]
In October, 1888, Miss Kate Pettitt sailed from Liverpool to Bombay in the steamship Eden Hall.She was going to India as a governess with an English family from Manchester. The voyage took five weeks, and [more…]
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