Eulogy for my Son, Sam 28:08:80 – 29:12:21
To lose a loved one at any time in life turns your whole world upside down. To lose a child turns everything back to front. I always imagined it would be me up there and [more…]
To lose a loved one at any time in life turns your whole world upside down. To lose a child turns everything back to front. I always imagined it would be me up there and [more…]
Scene: The Rovers Return. The Snug. Sometime in the run up to Christmas 1967. Minnie: Eeeeew, Ena, do wind up your face. I’ve never sin thee looking so mardy in a long while. Ena: I’ll [more…]
There are many similarities between family life and the life of the nation. Peace in the home tends to come through being united around common values and expectations. The presence of harmony within the walls [more…]
One of my heroes, Judas Was Paid, suggested I make a camper van. So, obedient old girl that I am, I made a camper van. But because, like most on here, I am nasty, twisted [more…]
Robert Ryan was my great uncle. This fading photograph is the only one we have of him. He gave his life for King and Country when he died on 7th November 1942. He was 20 [more…]
Occasionally, I step in something quite unpleasant. The noxious substance of which I speak is an article about Inheritance Tax written by a certain Will Hutton back in 2007. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/oct/07/comment.inheritancetax It is old, I know, [more…]
If time could be conflated and the men of yesteryear come face to face with those of today…. I have sometimes wondered what JEP would say if he was here to speak to our present [more…]
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