Sunday, February 11, 2007

The little things of life

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Some things stay in the mind because they seem like something which should be found lurking in a novel as a particularly telling apercu wher...
Saturday, February 10, 2007

Flowers of ice

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Is there a word for finding out that what you have been lying about is actually true? I know I can always use my favourite word that has see...
Friday, February 09, 2007

Science fails again!

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Friday is the worst day to have snow. For a teacher. Why? Because the best you can do is one day off and then there is the weekend for this ...
Thursday, February 08, 2007

Invisible buyers in the snow!

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If there are any Canadians staying in Wales this week they must be stunned by the effect of snow on the daily life of the country. Five to t...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007

America 'Tis Of Thee!

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How much do we hate the Americans? This is not as simple as you might think. The question was posed on a Radio 4 programme today where an Am...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Machine Aid!

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While the deep rumble of a passing slag train blended with the metallic thump of a high pressure hammer and the sharp acidic smoke of a tall...
Monday, February 05, 2007

Always learning!

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Never too old to learn. A lesson which is ever tripping off tongues which are too old or too young and which have not been asked to learn to...
Sunday, February 04, 2007

Time for Culture?

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An infection on the wrist (who is surprised, this is 2007, what good happens in this year?) precludes my wearing a watch and I have been dep...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen!

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What reserves of human endurance does it take to be the Secretary General of the United Nations? I ask this after seeing Ban Ki-Moon address...
Friday, February 02, 2007

Contact! The prodigal returns.

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If I had discovered my erring tortoise before six pm on that fateful Sunday then my life would have been, if not necessarily different, then...
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Be nice!

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To be fair, it doesn’t actually take a great deal for a Cardinal in the Roman Church to unsettle my equanimity. Most of the time I can luxur...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Hydro literacy

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The world divides, quite neatly, into three groups based on their attitudes towards reading in the bath. Firstly, there is the group that en...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Coughing to victory!

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I do not suspect vicious intent on the part of our doctors in our local surgery. They have set up shop in a pair of semi detached houses and...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Leave the kids alone!

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Mrs Nickleby still retains her accolade as the Monster of the Month from the novels by Dickens that I have read so far. Quilp in ‘The Old Cu...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Don't keep it to yourself!

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In the switchback ride which has been our experience of 2007 the equilibrium of illness has now dipped in my direction: Toni is getting bett...