Are you old enough to remember this?
It’s something that was commonplace when I was a child. It’s a collecting box for polio sufferers. There was one …
Category Archives: 2020 Posts
Christmas 2020 – I Background wash
As I prepare to write my 2020 Christmas letter, I realise that this year my life – all our lives …
The Silence of the Girls
A writer who takes on The Iliad – the foundational work of Western literature has to be either very foolish …
The wierdo on the bus
The judgement of history may well be that Republicans saw Donald Trump as a “useful idiot” who would sweep them …
Yesterday, today, tomorrow
Blenheim Park, November 2020. … they only fade away
How to checkout on NHS Track and Trace
The NHS Track and Trace App doesn’t have a checkout function – here’s a work round. Scan again as you …
New lamps for old?
Does anybody remember when trolls where disgusting plastic things with green hair? We didn’t know when we were well off. …
More shampoo, vicar?
Remember the NHS’s world beating Covid-19 app? Did you know that it’s being rolled out nationally tomorrow – 24th September …
Vapourware?
Back in the 80’s I had a conversation with my (non-tech) line manager about something that I’d read in a …
Best foot forward
A caravan – or is it a crocodile – of ducks crossing the sun scorched remains of the lake* in …
After Work 