Wading Through Treacle

My first piano lesson this morning. My teacher, Suzanne, was playing one of Bach's preludes and fugues as I arrived - a most encouraging...

One week ago I was at the local authority conference mentioned in the previous post. Friday I noticed the first symptoms of a stomach upset ...

I was at a local authority conference yesterday and received material in the welcome pack which included the latest (14th June) issue of ...

This afternoon we visited Longstock Water Gardens, Hampshire - just north of Stockbridge (website here ). These private gardens are only ope...

Roy Simpson tartly comments: "So in summary the Aliens will prefer a local internet to all that travelling. Maybe they will have found ...

People who write non-fiction are at the bottom of the literary caste hierarchy. There, I’ve said it. The nasty little secret shared by those...

The Fermi paradox is the well-know problem that the galaxy should be full of alien life. Once one civilisation masters adjacent-star interst...

My apologies to people out there who are about to sigh "OMG physics again". Skip over this post - the one below has a real cute vi...

This is either fascinating or completely tedious. Saturday evening we took a walk through the woods behind our camp site at Hollands Wood , ...

It’s been a while since the previous post, but that doesn’t mean nothing’s been happening. For commercial reasons it’s difficult to go into ...