Four months ago, I wrote a blog posting titled “Iraq’s Eternal War”, and to my surprise I found it to be one of my more popular posting. Continue reading →

A little over a week ago, Southend was hit by a torrential downpour of rain, accompanied by lightning and thunder. Continue reading →

When interviewed on the radio a week ago, I was asked two what I thought were challenging questions that I hadn’t expected and, with only a second or two to think, Continue reading →

In recent months, I’ve been finding my rate of posting new blog entries has been around 3-4 times a week. Continue reading →

A letter in yesterday’s edition of my local newspaper (Southend Echo) had the title “European Union was a force for peace”. Continue reading →

I couldn’t help smiling when one of my Facebook friends expressed her dismay at the poor grammar used when she gets to read what people write Continue reading →

Today I learned of the death of Ian Paisley and I am in mourning for the passing of a great, albeit flawed, man. Continue reading →

“The Royal Saxon tomb in Prittlewell is a high-status Anglo-Saxon tomb excavated at Prittlewell, north of Southend-on-Sea, in the English county of Essex. In the autumn of 2003, in preparation for a road-widening scheme, an archaeological survey was carried out on a plot of land to the north-east of Priory Park in Prittlewell. The archaeologists were lucky in the placement of their trench and uncovered a set of Saxon remains”. Continue reading →

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Suspended “whatevers” is a novel way to treat someone else to the “whatever” at some retail outlet that typically sells it, by paying for it beforehand so at some later date someone who has been nominated can enjoy it. Continue reading →