Pistorius ‘the sequel’ – justice for Reeva at last?

Reeva Steenkamp murdered by Oscar Pistorius The opening & closing paragraphs of a blog published here sixteen months ago are reproduced below: “Any hope and prayers we might have had for Judge Masipa to do what is right to administer justice for Reeva Steenkamp, were dashed again today when once more she has shown scant […]

The ‘Universal Credit’ benefit, together with the rest of the UK’s welfare system, is a national disaster – TIME to start ditching the whole bloody lot?

The terminal state of the British welfare state is ample summed-up by the furore that has arisen daily in recent weeks both across the airways of TV, Radio & Newspapers, and at Westminster about the ‘Universal Credit’ benefit now being widely rolled-out across the UK, wouldn’t you say? The cries from far and wide are […]

The remaining “Remoaners” will stop at nothing to scupper BREXIT – they deny being TRAITORS though?

  The Tyburn Tree gallows London 1571 [executions at Tyburn 1196 thru 1783] We currently have a situation in the UK whereby from within the certainly large number of those people who voted for ‘Remain’ in the EU Referendum, there are hoards of them that will NOT ever accept that they, against all expectations, actually […]

British ‘Whitby Jet’ Gemstone – an unappreciated, undervalued, underrated, unique and beautiful treasure resource?

Robin Hood’s Bay Yorkshire Raw Jet   Faceted Jet It is a strange thing about life that we often abandon and belittle some wonderful places and things close at hand ,or on our doorstep, in favour of those from far away that in reality have less intrinsic interest, relevance, and worth, don’t you think? If you […]

The ‘Past’ used to be recounted from generation to generation – perhaps not any longer in the twenty-first century though?

 The White Horse above Kilburn  Joiner’s shop as from 1900s One of the saddest things in modern day life, certainly in the UK if not indeed in most of Western society, is that families no longer have that special time together, and indeed that close distinct personal relationship, whereby the most elderly and decrepit members will […]