Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part Two
I do not look back in anger. Rather I look at what I have (and have not) accomplished. I have four children; the eldest is a successful software engineer though I have not seen him [more…]
Gillygangle
Arts
Female Singers
What prompted this note was the mention by John Craven of the Czech coloratura opera singer Patricia Janeckova whom I had only stumbled across a few days ago. I was deeply affected as I listened [more…]
Literature
An Old Man’s Musings Part One
‘ But at my back I always hear, Time’s winged Chariot hurrying near …’ Andrew Marvell ‘What is this life if full of care, We have no time to stand and stare……’ William Henry Davies [more…]
20th Century
Borneo 1962 – 1966
Borneo (Kalimantan to the Indonesians) is the second biggest island in the world. Along its northern coast, one third of the island lay three British dependant territories – the colony of Sarawak, the Sultanate of [more…]
Literature
Britain’s little known wars
There are, amongst us, many little old chaps who have a tale to tell – I am one such but am not at all remarkable. It would be interesting to me for others to open [more…]
Medicine
Help Prevent the Occurrence of Cancer
This article was prompted by my friend a Frenchman who was diagnosed several months ago with a very rare growth on a lung. So rare indeed that not a lot is known about this particular [more…]
20th Century
Remembrance Sunday
Goodbye Dolly Gray Words: Will D Cobb, Music: Paul Barnes I have come to say goodbye, Dolly Gray, It’s no use to ask me why, Dolly Gray, There’s a murmur in the air, you can [more…]
Arts
A View From The Farmhouse, Part Five
A frustrating few weeks with so much cold and wet weather. Two recent storms have stripped the fruit trees and blown part of the roof off the derelict cottage opposite the house. I have been [more…]
Arts
A View From The Farmhouse, Part Four
Work is ongoing to make more vegetables plots, obtain manure for the ones we have and keep the composting going. I will add another bin to the three recently built and establish a place for [more…]