The nicest sky we’ve had in a long time…

…A shame it’s night time!
I apologise for the fuzziness of the photo, but this is the best I can do with my camera until I have one with a better night time facility and a tripod, but you get the idea of the drama in the view of the moon moving in and out of [...]

Gordon Brown is in his element

Isn’t Gordon Brown looking more comfortable recently? With the current financial (I don’t want to use the word ‘crisis’) situation, I think he is more in his comfort zone, as he was for such a long time Chancellor of the Exchequer to such good effect.
I have felt quite sorry for him since he took office as [...]

‘Faecal bacteria’ – why not just say poo!

My daily trawl of the BBC News website has highlighted another disturbing news article, this time about the amount of ‘faecal bacteria’ on commuters’ hands in England and Wales – ewww! Makes me glad that I don’t generally have to use a bus more than once a week. And it also makes me think that [...]

Can Madonna and Guy have some privacy, please?

It is being reported that Madonna and Guy Ritchie are about to announce their imminent divorce. If this is true, is it too much to ask that they are allowed some privacy in sorting out their personal life in the coming months? There are children involved, and I’m sure that the whole process would be [...]