As some folk know, besides enjoying food, I like to eat in restaurants of all types and also writing about my experiences and provide critiques as if I were a restaurant connoisseur. Continue reading →

Only yesterday, I wrote on my Facebook page: Continue reading →

One of the customary longer interviews in todays’s Radio 4 TODAY programme was with Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon. Continue reading →

In the lead up to next month’s US presidential election, Continue reading →

One of the more pleasing items of news today that could be put in the “not so important given what else is going on in the world” category, is that of Bob Dylan winning the Nobel prize for literature. Continue reading →

I must admit, I hadn’t reckoned on returning to a subject, I have already blogged about several times already, so soon. Continue reading →

I was interested to read a post by one of my Facebook friends earlier today in which he lamented that the “top story” in the BBC lunchtime news concerned the recall of the Samsung “smart phones”, which have been catching fire. Continue reading →

In my formative years there used to be a weekly radio slot I was a regular listener to, titled “Letter from America”. Continue reading →

Phew – I have just been listening to the recording of the much anticipated second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, that took place in the early hours of my morning Continue reading →

The Saturday before yesterday, a friend of ours, Sheela Abraham, died peacefully after a long illness. Continue reading →