And the Beer Hatch, match and despatch as the saying goes for the three times when most people go to church or perhaps when families get together these days. With Cathy’s family over from Zambia for the funeral there is the chance to catch up. Turns out one nephew has his inheri
Gong Yoga? Thank you Evening Standard for introducing Gong Yoga in April last year. As if Hatha yoga, Bikram/hot yoga, Vinyasa yoga, Kundalini yoga, Ashtanga/power yoga (a hard one), Iyengar yoga and even prenatal yoga are not enough, here comes another one – Gong Yoga. There a
Did your Grandparents tell you War Stories? Unless you have been asleep for a while, you will know that today is the centenary of the UK declaring war on Germany in what became the First World War. This declaration followed Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination 28th June in S
How Tickled I am As a writer, one tends to read a lot. And in a small way to help to keep my local library open, much of this is by reserving books from there with only the occasional book off Amazon or Ebay. Haringey has a pretty good service but sometimes like London Buses, you wait
Hatch, Match and Dispatch ..the three occasions when most people go to church. Since 5th December 2005 with the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 couples of the same gender can form a legally binding partnership although couples of different genders cannot. Marriages are no longer restricte
What’s the opposite of writers’ block? Should I stick to pensions, finance etc or why not write about spies? For a second I reach for my calculator but with the whole blogosphere available, go for both. Slightly surprised that I have not had any panicky messages from Highe