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Mothering Sunday finds me at St Andrew’s Church, Girton near Cambridge. Founded 1869 as a ladies’ college, Girton went mixed in the 80s. Both the Rector and Curate are women. It’s a fine sunny day with plenty of daffodills in evidence, and the service is orientated t

Fourth Monday in the month, and it’s my turn at Muswell Hill Soup Kitchen. Manager lets me in, informing me that he is wearing a stab vest as one of the guests is going to be banned. While I have heard of knife crime, this is my first close experience of it. The tables are all l

It’s been a pleasant evening and I am walking down Long Acre to my tube station. Ahead of me and on an intercept course, is what looks like a homeless man limping and walking very slowly. He asks someone for something and I know he is going to ask me. He is clean shaven and very

It’s October, so time to press on with the Physics part of my OU degree. Unit 6 deals with Linear Momentum which involves looking at collisions. First diagram is from Ernest Rutherford’s famous gold leaf experiment where the nucleus of the atom was discovered. Previous to

Not a political statement like “of the people, for the people etc” rather a recipe for good business and a good life. Save the planet, care for the environment, look after your employees, equality for women – all trendy issues now but which have been addressed by Qua

Rainy Saturday in Bermondsey and it’s time for a cider tour in an area becoming famous for its micro-breweries where it has acquired the label The Bermondsey Beer Mile. After a few years popularity in the 70s, home brewing went into decline but has bounced back strongly on both

Our Leader in Wonderland   The time has come the Walrus said To talk of many things Of BREXIT and Betrayal and One hundred other things How referenda perish and our peoples voices pass Well thank you dear Theresa For the stiletto up the arse.   For chaining us to Europe Wher

Trivia Question – What occurs (on average) 84 x week? That’s the number of men who commit suicide and the rate for men is several x that of women. This and other data are the subject of a talk given by Julian Smith at London Lunchtimers at The Freemasons’ Arms in Lon

It’s Been 20 Years 3Cs 100th meeting with 5 speakers hosted by international law firm Taylor Wessing. 3Cs Community grew out of Investors in Industry (3i) formerly known as Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation providing finance for management buy outs in the 1980s. Now