I can remember that once upon a time, I could buy a pint of beer and it would cost me 34 pence (£0.34). With something like forty years passing the price has risen somewhat. £4.50 would be the cost of an average pint, around here. For the more exotic brews and further south the price… Continue reading

There is something that a driver of a motor vehicle can do that makes life easier for other drivers and themselves. It does not take a lot of effort and the training to perform this task does not take much in the way of time. I write, of course, of the humble indicator: those little… Continue reading

We had already had the ‘war to end all wars’ earlier in the century (1914  to 1918, depending on  when you joined the party). The next  large on (ignoring all the others around the globe  that don’t merit  the title ‘world  war’ was about the fight against  fascism. It was very clear who was in… Continue reading