15 February 2021
Marmite Markle strikes a blow for letter-writers
AS a person of interest, Meaghan Markle usually rates way down the list of those spotlighted celebrities who engage my attention. Almost off the scale; at the lowest end. As I feel she is considered by most people apart from those sad sacks to whom all gossip is more precious than oxygen; the mainstay of… Continue Reading
31 January 2021
Good news on books, jabs and theatre to fight BBC gloom
27 January 2021
Happy fat makes deadly fat and an easy Covid target
22 January 2021
Deniers living in a world of fiction and horror movies
19 January 2021
Bras and knickers come before books
12 January 2021
Cuddles for goals but not for grandma
9 January 2021
Resolving not to make a resolution
Living, coping and observing in the age of Covid #2 02 Jan 2021: SAME old, same old. Here we go again. Back on the media roundabout as the familiar format for each year’s beginning is once more regurgitated. Not even all the shifts in lifestyles forced upon us by the pandemic’s restrictions and changes can… Continue Reading
2 October 2020
Adrenalin overload, excessive effort and a hangover haze
NOW here’s a weird, even disturbing, thing; my trusty Garmin records a hilly four-mile run around the city where I live. Yet I have scant memory of it ever happening. How can this be? The watch tells of a continuous jog with every second accounted for. By contrast, my memory presents me with a… Continue Reading
23 July 2020
Patients need patience: the doctor will (not) see you now
DOCTORS must be loving this new world order. The one where they filter enquiries to such an extent that they are rarely bothered with having to deal with patients face to face. Those nuisances (once known as patients) are kept firmly at arm’s length; or an aggravating (Dial 1 for …) phone call away. Barriers… Continue Reading
16 July 2020
The daily struggle: depression or pushups
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15 February 2021
Marmite Markle strikes a blow for letter-writers
AS a person of interest, Meaghan Markle usually rates way down the list of those spotlighted celebrities who engage my attention. Almost off the scale; at the lowest end. As I feel she is considered by most people apart from those sad sacks to whom all gossip is more precious than oxygen; the mainstay of… Continue Reading