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Today is our 38th wedding anniversary. Because we got married at this rather silly time of year, I think Moira+I have each “forgotten” our a...

Alan, Gareth, Eilidh, Moira+I went to the Watershed yesterday afternoon to see Sophia Coppola’s “Somewhere” film. Stephen Dorff plays a pamp...

For me, the turn of the year has always been a time for reflection. This year has taken on rather more significance than usual as I’ll be re...

Last January , we noticed a batch of strange birds at the back of our house. After investigation, we decided they were Fieldfare. Well, they...

The Tobacco Factory Theatre's Christmas Show has now become a traditional part of our seasonal festivities (quite possibly something to ...

As you can imagine with three married daughters and with their various other family commitments and complicated schedules, the opportunities...

With all the recent student demonstrations regarding university fees and the like, I’ve perhaps been strangely quiet on the subject. I did w...

Once again, I’m using this blog to record books I’ve been reading. These are my latest titles: The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society (Chri...

By the end of the weekend, I’d started to feel a little Christmassy. It was clearly helped by getting together with friends on Saturday and ...

When we all lived in Oxfordshire, Moira+I used to get together for lunch on a regular basis with our lovely, lovely friends Gail, Ian, Debby...

The Mabey-Broadway bus passengers (well, it was just Andy and me!) witnessed a very rare sight on our homeward journey yesterday – a meteor ...

We’ve just returned from the annual 3-day school trip to the Forest of Dean. This is a picture of one of the Year 8 pupils after she’d reach...

It was fascinating listening to Sir Ken Robinson talking about education on yesterday’s Radio 4’s “ Saturday Live ” programme. I’d come acro...

What an amazing lady. Seeing her being set free by the military authorities from her latest period of house arrest, it felt very much like w...

Came across a fascinating article in Monday’s Guardian (thanks to good friend Iain) by George Monbiot (I’ve previously read his excellent bo...

Mike Leigh is a genius. Alan, Gareth, Eilidh, Merry-Carol, Gerry, Moira+I went to see his latest film “Another Year” yesterday at the Waters...

Somewhat predictably, Education Secretary Michael Gove has abolished the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) set up by the last Go...

In what Universities Minister David Willetts described as a “progressive” reform, the Coalition Government has decided that universities wil...

Moira+I had a lovely weekend in Leyland with Alice+Dave et al. As an experiment, we decided to use the train and it proved to be pretty succ...

As usual, I’d been listening to the World Service on the radio “off and on” through the night. Just before 4am, I just had to go downstairs ...