…might well have been the greeting to you all at this time of the year, but that would have been from the time when retirement plans were angled very much towards La bella Italia. Having bought a des res on about 0.6 of an Irish acre (about a quarter bigger than one of our EnglishContinue reading “Felice anno nuovo…”
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Never forgetting…
…to remember to remember. Yes, a mouthful, but considering why it is that we should do so does tend to put things into perspective. All the nameless and now largely forgotten women who brought about the female vote; innocent victims of circumstance, such as the passengers on the Lusitania, the centenary of whose sinking hasContinue reading “Never forgetting…”
Why do we remember…
…and what is it that makes other remember us? Do others remember us, or do they remember the events with which we might have been associated? I remember being very moved by visiting the sea of over 800,000 ceramic red poppies installed in the moat of the Tower of London in the months before ArmisticeContinue reading “Why do we remember…”
Another Christmas…
…has come and gone, hotly followed by the New Year festivities. So here we go again, Christmas cards put away and the [minimal] decorations carefully stored until the next time. Hopefully, the endless attempts of seemingly increasingly desperate retailers, continually telling us (or is that actually pleading with us?) to celebrate the event by buying this or thatContinue reading “Another Christmas…”
Time flies…
…when you’re having fun – or so the saying goes. I was more than just a little surprised this week to find that my first novel (the third is due for release in the next few days) was released upon an unexpecting and largely indifferent literary world a little more than a year ago. TruthContinue reading “Time flies…”
Celebration…
…can take many forms. Birthdays, weddings and graduations are the obvious choices, but there are also other occasions to celebrate. On the one hand, for example, the life of a departed and much-missed loved one, passing your driver’s licence test or getting into that new item of clothing without cutting off the oxygen supply; onContinue reading “Celebration…”
When is an Improvement…
…not an improvement ? Quite possibly when the new version seems to be inferior to the older one. I refer to the miraculous world of IT or Information Technology or, to put it in plainspeak, computers. Although a firm believer in the old Chinese proverb about the reed that does not bend in the wind snappingContinue reading “When is an Improvement…”
Do you believe in…
…circles or, put more specifically, in the concept that things are circular in occurrence – sicut erat in principio sort of thing? Yesterday certainly was. This is the week of the London Book Fair [LBF], an international gathering of the book industry at the huge Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London and, as The BookContinue reading “Do you believe in…”
Luigi di Capezzani-Batelli …
… seems to have been persuaded to do his bit to promote his mother’s first book, even if it was a little unexpected, to judge from his reaction. http://youtu.be/386ASm3t10Q As he’s the Senior State Pathologist in Lucca, I’ll leave it to your imagination to work out just exactly what the “case” he is expecting could beContinue reading “Luigi di Capezzani-Batelli …”
It’s in the Genes…
… or so we are led to believe, according to current research. Or is it ? If an immediate ancestor was a gifted thinker, does the offspring become a philosopher?; does a highly successful economist produce a millionaire?; would Dr Crippin’s offspring have followed in their father’s footsteps? How do we differentiate between intellectual capacityContinue reading “It’s in the Genes…”
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