With humans, it's surely a good thing that we don't all agree - those of us not blessed with classical beauty nonetheless come across eccentrics who think we're good-looking. If we all… (View Post)

As a healthy (bar the recent bout of vertigo) 72-year-old with three jobs and a new experience every couple of weeks, I don't think the distance from birthdate is very significant, and life can … (View Post)

Although I didn't really approve of their relaxed approach, I doubt if the result has much to do with Covid - wasn't much featured in the campaign, ASAIK. (View Post)

I recently buried my uncle Alex as his only living relative - the only people there were the RC priest and me. I'm not at all religious, but the priest did it very nicely - reminisced a bit abou… (View Post)

For balance, here's Charles talking to the Sinn Fein leadership - suggests a deftness which for me outweighs any irritation about leaky pens. They're very good too. https://twitter.com/ciar… (View Post)