If I were a song writer, I would have composed words along the lines of 'raindrops and roses...' as an addendum to the song on how watching your cat marvel at her first snowfall can be one of your favourite things. It snowed for hours and I stayed the course with her curiousity. Curiousity ... The post Never Lose your Curiousity in Older Life appeared first on A Midlifer in London .
The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is out. As it says: Partly out of a desire to protect me from irate readers with memories of my past, when I was writing Polling UnPacked I decide to include a section fessing up to my own previous uses of 'bad' data. Find out more by reading The Week in Polls in full here, and you can sign up below to receive future editions direct to your email inbox:
Embed from Getty ImagesLately, I've been given to naming Ian Jack and Neal Acherson as my favourite journalists. But Ian Jack died in October, which leaves just Ascherson - the man who originated that quotation about the government and refugees usually attributed to Tony Benn. In the latest London Review of Books, Ascherson reviews a book on the life of Flora MacDonald, the woman who kept Charles Edward Stuart from the British Redcoats after his defeat at Culloden. Here he is on what happened to Flora after the prince had fled and the British caught up with her: Flora was ...
Late on Friday night, the Sun published a column by Jeremy Clarkson. You wouldn't expect him to say anything nice about Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, to be honest. Most of the article was merely his opinion on Harry and Meghan's Netflix documentary. I think he's wrong, but, again, no surprise there. He's allowed to be. But there was one part of that article which didn't merely stray over the boundaries of acceptable behaviour, it stuck two fingers at them from outer space. He described his hatred of Meghan as being deeper than his hatred of two other women, Scotland's ...
A motion put to Shropshire councillors last Thursday sought to get agreement on adopting Vision Zero, which would commit the council to working towards eliminating all deaths and serious injuries on Shropshire's roads. An amendment sought to introduce 20mph on residential streets. Both the motion and amendment were rejected by the Conservatives on flimsy grounds. The portfolio holder for transport, Councillor Richard Marshall called Vision Zero "ideology" and described Vision Zero in Oslo as "being a little bit of a totalitarian state". Councillor Wilson had come up against the diehard reluctance of the Tory leadership to make our roads slower, ...
The Independent reports that despite welcoming publication of Thérèse Coffey's 13 new legally-binding environment targets on Friday, environmentalist have said they are concerned that important areas like overall water quality had been left out:br> The government was meant to publish the slate of targets under the Environment Act earlier this autumn, but delays in bringing them forward left it in breach of the law. They were finally released on Friday, with measures like a pledge to increase tree cover from 14.5 per cent of land area now to 16.5 per cent by 2050. Ministers have also said they will reduce ...
Qatar As the World Cup draws to a close, host nation Qatar is being implicated in yet another scandal. This one involves allegedly bribing key figures in the European Parliament. It is widely accepted that super-rich Qatar secured the World Cup with cash payments to FIFA board members. Now it is alleged that they tried to obtain preferential visa treatment for their citizens with a few selected bribes. The main target of the Qataris is alleged to be European Parliament Vice President Eva Kalli. She has been arrested on charges of money laundering, corruption and belonging to a criminal organisation. ...
Liberal Democrat Newswire #167 came out last week, the last of the year and including a look at how to fix our politics as well as the latest Liberal Democrat selection news and more.
Jesus Christ the Apple Tree is an 18th-century poem whose author is not known. The setting here is by the 20th-century English composer Elizabeth Poston. At the beginning of the second world war, says Wikipedia, Poston joined the BBC and became director of music in the European Service. She is said to have used gramophone records to send coded messages to agents in Europe. She also played the piano at the wartime National Gallery lunchtime concerts organised by Myra Hess.
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West End Christmas Fortnight - Business and Community Awards - winners' list! #dundeewestend
Here's the complete list of West End Christmas Fortnight Business and Community Awards winners for 2022 - many thanks to everyone who participated, congratulations to the winners, and special thanks to Felicity Wright of the Christmas Committee who did all the hard work organising the awards! Business Silver Awards: Aitken's Campbeltown Bar Fraser's Fruit & Veg The Rosebud Business Gold Awards: EH9 Espresso Fika Halo Hair Kist The Little Green Larder Madina Delights Mary's Kitchen Perth Road Laundrette Perth Road Post Office Pure Beauty Sook Souk Community Awards: Investing in People - Dundee Art Society Supporting Sustainability - Dundee West ...
