My school years were spent at Preston Primary, Balfour Primary and Varndean Grammar School for boys. I don’t recall any non white children in any of these schools in my 14 years educational span. Just shows how times have changed. Some of my school mates came from families who were poorer than...
I have an excellent IFA, who is also a friend. He’s managed my ISA’s, Bond’s and SIPP all at a cautious level and the annual returns have averaged out at over 8%.
I have a lot of climbing hydrangea on our house, not sure how to trim it.
Don’t know why they’ve come out sideways ??? There’s Virginia creeper there too.
Oh, for the days of innocence. I must’ve been very naive, but at eleven, I remember walking home from school, down Surrenden Road and a friend telling me that my parents will have had sexual intercourse. I was fascinated because I hadn’t realised that they taken any courses, so couldn’t wait to...
The 3,000-year-old hieroglyphs found in Seti I's temple in Abydos, Egypt, are said to depict nothing less than a helicopter, plane and futuristic aircraft among the usual insects, symbols and snakes.
“It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers...
I can remember when, back in the 80’s, driving on a long journey, dual carriageway or motorway, that my windscreen would be covered in splattered bugs and a trip to Halfords for insect remover would be a necessity. Nowadays nothing and I think this is worrying.
As soon as Trump insulted the Emperor Xi Jinping, the release of the virus was inevitable. The CCP could never win a conventional war with the USA, so a pandemic to destroy western economies, with a few thousand friendly fire casualties as smoke and mirrors was always going to be the way...